be silent

Verb

Meaning

be silent (third-person singular simple present is silent, present participle being silent, simple past was silent, past participle been silent)

To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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Synonyms

whist haw hush shush silence shut up mope clam up dry up stand still keep quiet be quiet button up hush up belt up
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Antonyms

yap jabber din patter maunder yak
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Examples

It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real. Ignatius of Antioch

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Victor Hugo

Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

There is a time to speak and a time to be silent. English Proverb

Let the giver be silent and the receiver speak. Portuguese Proverb

Our parents taught us to speak and the world taught us to be silent. Czech Proverb

Close letter words and terms

be significant be significantly different be silenced be silent about be silly be similar