[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

silent \si"lent\, n.
   that which is silent; a time of silence. r. "the silent of
   the night." --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

silent \si"lent\, a. l. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be
   silent; akin to goth. ana-silan.
   1. free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly
      quiet.
      1913 webster

            how silent is this town              --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute;
      taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
      1913 webster

            ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most
            silent of men.                        --broome.
      1913 webster

            this new-created world, whereof in hell
            fame is not silent.                   --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind
      is silent. --parnell. sir w. raleigh.
      1913 webster

   4. pron. not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e
      is silent in "fable."
      1913 webster

   5. having no effect; not operating; inefficient. r.
      1913 webster

            cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead. --sir w.
                                                  raleigh.
      1913 webster

   silent partner. see dormant partner, under dormant.
      1913 webster

   syn: mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. see
        mute, and taciturn.
        1913 webster
see also:
silent partner dormant partner dormant mute taciturn 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

silent
     adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
            footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" syn: soundless,
             still
     2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
        witness remained silent" syn: mum
     3: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
        directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the
        understood provisos of a custody agreement" syn: implied,
         tacit, understood
     4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
        `honor'"; "in french certain letters are often unsounded"
        syn: unsounded
     5: having a frequency below or above the range of human
        audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
     6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness syn: dumb,
         mute
see also:
soundless still mum implied tacit understood 
unsounded dumb mute 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

91 moby thesaurus words for "silent":
   aphonic, brief, brusque, calm, checked, close, close-lipped,
   close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curbed, curt, dumb, echoless,
   economical of words, hush as death, hushed, implicit, implied,
   inactive, inarticulate, inaudible, incoherent, indisposed to talk,
   inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, pacific,
   passive, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reserved, restrained,
   reticent, secretive, serene, short, sleeping, snug, soundless,
   sparing of words, speechless, still, still as death, stilly,
   subaudible, tacit, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied,
   tranquil, unagitated, unarticulated, uncommunicative, undeclared,
   understood, undisturbed, unexpressed, unhearable, unloquacious,
   unmentioned, unproclaimed, unpronounced, unpublished, unrecorded,
   unruffled, unsaid, unsociable, unsounded, unspoken, unstated,
   unsung, untalkative, untalked-of, untold, untroubled, unuttered,
   unvocalized, unvoiced, unwritten, voiceless, whist, word-bound,
   wordless

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