Reverse Dictionary: SILENCE

ADJECTIVES
– AMPED silent …1993 US sl.
– BUTTONED UP saying nothing, silent; implying a general reservedness or uncommunicativeness …1936 sl.
– CANK dumb, silent …1673 sl.
– CLABBER-MOUTHED silent … 1940 Amer. dial.
– CLAMMISH silent, close-mouthed … 1969 Amer. dial.
– CLAMMY silent, close-mouthed … 1967 Amer. dial.
– CLOSE AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive …L19 US sl.
– CONTICENT keeping silence, silent …1859 rare
– DARK of a person: secret; silent as to any matter; reticent; that conceals his thoughts …1675
– DEFT quiet, silent …1897 Eng. dial.  
– DUMB AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive …L19 US sl.
– HUSH silent, still, quiet, hushed …1604
– HUSHFUL full of silence or stillness …1889 rare
– HUSHT silent, still, quiet; later: reduced to silence, rendered silent …1400-30 arch.
– INWARD silent, reserved …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LIKE A BUMP ON A LOG stupidly silent or inarticulate …M19 US sl.
– MIM prim, demure; affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MUM saying nothing, silent …1521
– MUM-BUDGET silent, mute … 1622 obs.
– MUMCHANCE silent, mute; tongue-tied … 1681
– MUTE AS A FISH silent … 1620
– MUTE AS A GOOSE IN A HAY-REEK silent … 1709
– MUTE AS A MACKEREL silent … 1760
– MUTE AS A MAID silent … 1576
– MUTE AS A PICTURE silent … 1761
– MUTE AS A POKER silent … 1843
– MUTE AS A STATUE silent … a1627
– MUTE AS A STONE silent … c1425
– MUTE AS FISHES GAPING FOR LOAVES silent … 1807
– MUTE AS MICE silent … 1881
– OYSTER saying nothing, silent …1910 Aust. sl.
– PALLED not daring to say any more …M19
– QUACK silent, close …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUIESCENT silent, not speaking …1791 rare
– QUIETSOME quiet, silent, calm, still, tranquil, undisturbed …1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– QUIST silent …1598 obs.
– SCHTOOM saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
– SHTOOM saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
– SHTUM saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
– SHTUMM silent; dumb …sl.
– SHUT-MOUTHED silent, secretive, reserved …1909 Amer. dial.
– SILENTIAL accompanied by or connected with silence …1709 rare
– SILENTIOUS given to silence …1879
– SILENTISH somewhat silent …1737 rare
– STUMM saying nothing, silent …1958 Yiddish
– TACENT silent, quiet, holding one’s peace …1652 obs. rare
– TACITURNOUS silent, saying nothing, reserved in speech, making no noise …1727 obs. rare
– TELESCOPED suppressed, silenced …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– TICK-A-LOCK silent …2003 Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
– MIMPETTY MIMP in prim silence …1798

INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES  (also see QUIET)
– ANOTHER COUNTRY HEARD FROM used for humorously acknowledging that someone who had previously been silent has spoken up …1970 US sl.
– CAT HAS GOT HIS TONGUE, THE phr. he is silent …Bk1999 Idioms Fergusson 1999
– GET BACK INTO YOUR BOX! silence! Be quiet! …B1900 sl.
– KEEP DARK! stay silent! …1835 US sl.
– MUM! an exclamation demanding silence …M16 sl.
– NOT A WORD TO THROW TO A DOG not a single word …1901 Eng. dial.
– NOT TO SAY PEAS to make no remark …1896 Sc.  
– NOT TO SAY PEA-TURKEY not to say a single word …1909 Amer. dial.
– PUT A CORK IN IT! shut up! … Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– PUT A SOCK IN IT! shut up! … Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– SILENCE IN THE COURT – THE CAT IS PISSING a catch phrase addressed to anyone requiring silence unnecessarily …1780 sl.
– SILENCE IN THE COURT – THE MONKEY WANTS TO SPEAK a catch phrase addressed to anyone requiring silence unnecessarily …20C Brit. sl
– TAW! silence! hark! …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
– DEAD AIR a sudden and undesirable silence …1950s US Broadcasting sl.
– HUSH silence …1976 UK sl.
– HUSHT silence, quiet, hush …1566
– HUSHTNESS silence, stillness …1609 obs.
– MUM a refusal to speak, silence, the state of being dumb …1555 colloq.
– MUMCHANCENESS silence; reticence … 1910 rare
– MUMCHANCINESS silence; reticence … 1920 rare
– OBACERATION a stopping one’s mouth …1658 obs. rare
– OBTICENCE the act of keeping silence …B1900 obs.
– SILENCY silence …1634 obs. rare

NOUNS, PERSON
– CLAM MOUTH a person who doesn’t talk very much; one who keeps his thoughts to himself … 1967 Amer. dial.
– DEAN MAITLAND a silent person; one who does not talk …1940s Aust. sl.
– MUM a silent person … 1666 obs. rare
– MUMCHANCE a person who has nothing to say … 1694 Eng. dial.
– SHUT-MOUTH a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person …1891 Amer. dial.
– SILENTIARY one who observes or recommends silence, esp. from religious motives …1611
– TACITURNIST one who practices habitual silence or reserve …1887

VERBS
– ACCOY to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold) …c1350 obs.
– BALK to keep silent, to be reticent about …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BURN UP to fall silent; to stop talking …1971 Aust. sl.
– BUTTON ONE’S FACE to become or remain silent …1836 sl.
– BUTTON ONE’S LIP to become or remain silent …1836 sl.
– BUTTON ONE’S NOSE to become or remain silent …1836 sl.
– BUTTON UP to behave in a formal, reserved manner; to remain silent …1872 colloq.
– CARRY ONE’S MOUTH IN ONE’S HEART to conceal one’s thoughts, to keep silence …1592 obs.
– CLAM UP to become quiet or silent…1916 sl. chiefly US 
– CLAP THE THUMB ON to keep secret, to conceal; to remain silent …1897 Sc. 
– DAKMA to silence …19C sl.
– DIGHT THE GAB to be silent, to hold the tongue …1785 Sc.
– DUMB to become dumb, speechless, or silent …a1300 obs.
– EASY to silence or kill …1992 US sl.
– FADE to remain sufficiently silent not to be noticed …1980s African-American sl.
– GAG to silence, to prevent from speaking …1601
– HAVE A HATCH BEFORE THE DOOR to keep silence …1594 obs.
– HUSH-HUSH to quiet, to silence …1861
– HUSHT to still, to hush; to be still or silent …1530 obs. rare
– HUST to be silent; to reduce to silence, to hush …1530 obs. rare
– JAB UP to silence, to shut up …1886 Sc.
– LAIN to conceal, to hide; to be silent about, to disguise a fact …a1300 obs. exc. Sc.
– MULTIPLY SILENCE to be silent … a1475 obs.
– MUM to keep silent … 1440
– MUM to render mute; to silence … c1475
– MUMCHANCE to keep silent, to remain sullenly silent … 1821 Eng. dial.
– MUMP to be silent and sullen; to sulk, to mope …c1610
– NOT HAVE A WORD FOR THE CAT to be very silent … Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– NOT TO SAY QUACK to be silent; to keep quiet …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OBACERATE to stop one’s mouth, that he cannot tell out his tale …1656 obs. rare
– PLACE A HATCH BEFORE THE DOOR to keep silence …1579 obs.
– PLAY MUMBUDGET to keep silent … a1564 arch.
– PLAY MUMCHANCE to keep a dogged silence … 1551 obs.
– PLAY SHUT-MOUTH to keep silent …1932 Amer. dial.
– QUATCH to keep absolute silence on any given subject …1852 Eng. dial.
– QUIET to silence, to lull …Bk1905 Sc.
– SAY to advise, to direct; to check, to control, to command; to pacify, to silence …1746 Eng. dial.
– SET A HATCH BEFORE THE DOOR to keep silence …1555 obs.
– SETTLE A PERSON’S HASH to reduce to order; to silence, to subdue; to make an end of …a1825 colloq.
– SHUT ONE’S FACE to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
– SHUT ONE’S HEAD to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
– SHUT ONE’S MOUTH to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
– SHUT ONE’S PAN vb. to hold one’s tongue; to keep silent …1833
– SHUT ONE’S TRAP to become or remain silent …1809 sl.
– SHUT SOMEONE UP to force to be silent …1814 sl.
– SHUT UP LIKE A MORNING-GLORY to become dejectedly silent …Bk1914 Amer. dial.
– SILENT to silence …1868 Amer. dial.
– SING DUMB to be silent, to hold one’s peace …1715
– SING SMALL to say nothing, to be silent or dumb … 1738
– SMOTHER to conceal by keeping silent about; to suppress all mention of; to hush up … 1579 obs.
– STEEK ONE’S GAB to be silent; to make one silent …1786 Sc.
– STEEK THE GAB to be silent, to hold the tongue …1786 Sc.
– SWIE to be silent … c900 obs.
– TAKE SOMEONE OUT OF WINDING to silence someone; to leave someone at a loss for words …1920s Aust. sl.
– THUMP IT WITH THINKING to be silent in company while the thoughts are occupied with passing occurrences …1796 Eng. dial.
– TICK A LOCK to be silent …2003 Amer. dial.
– TIE A PERSON’S TONGUE to prevent him from speaking; to compel to be silent …1889
– TIE ONE’S MOUTH to be silent …1949 Amer. dial.
– TIE UP ONE’S MOUTH to be silent …1922 Amer. dial.
– TIP to silence; to disappoint, to mortify …1825 Sc.