Definitions for silents

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silents si·lent

Spelling: [sahy-luh nt]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ lənt/

Silents is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 173 anagrams from letters in silents (eilnsst).

Definitions for silents

noun

1. Usually, silents. silent films.

adjective

1. making no sound; quiet; still:
2. refraining from speech.
3. speechless; mute.
4. not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.
5. characterized by absence of speech or sound:
6. unspoken; tacit:
7. omitting mention of something, as in a narrative:
8. inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.
9. not sounded or pronounced:
10. Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.
11. Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms:

Origin of silents

1555-65; Latin silent- (stem of silēns), present participle of silēre to be quiet; see -ent

Examples for silents

"I told him high altitudes and high livin' would do any man—" Again he was silent.

Hitchcock had the historical good fortune to have worked from silent films through television.

His entry into the business of film making was as designer and writer of title cards for silent films.

He is silent and abstracted, like one just returned from the cave of Trophonius.

Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.

In this holy atmosphere we paused for a moment in silent reverence.

The people behind the new film, however, have been silent on the issue.

Hitchcock is silent for a moment as Batliner checks on Connery's availability.

She was silent and motionless for another five minutes, thinking intently.

Some of these bright beings are speaking, and others are silent.