| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section III. Organic Matter | | 2. Sensation |
| (5) Sound |
| (i) Sound in General |
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| 403. Silence. |
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| NOUN: | SILENCE; stillness (quiet) [See Quiescence]; peace, hush, lull; rest [music]; muteness [See Aphonia]; solemn -, awful -, dead -, deathlike- silence; silence of the -tomb, - grave.
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| VERB: | BE SILENT &c. adj.; hold one’s tongue (not speak) [See Taciturnity]; whist [dial. Eng.].
RENDER SILENT &c. adj.; silence, still, hush; stifle, muffle, gag, stop; muzzle, put to silence (render mute) [See Aphonia].
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| ADJECTIVE: | SILENT; still, stilly; noiseless, quiet, calm, hush [archaic], echoless, speechless, soundless; hushed &c. v.; aphonic, surd, mute [See Aphonia].
SOLEMN, soft, awful, deathlike; silent as the -tomb, - grave; inaudible (faint) [See Faintness].
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| ADVERB: | SILENTLY &c. adj.; sub silentio [L.]; in -, in dead -, in perfect- silence.
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| INTERJECTION: | HUSH! silence! soft! whist! mum! sh! chut! tut! pax! [L.], tais-toi! [F.], hold your tongue! shut up! [colloq.], be quiet! be silent! be still! chup! [Hind.], chup rao! [Hind.], tace! [L.]. |
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| QUOTATIONS: | - One might hear a -feather, - pin- drop.
- Grosse Seelen dulden still.
- Le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages.
- Le silence est le parti le plus sûr de celui qui se défie de soi-même.
- Silence more musical than any song.—C. G. Rossetti
- Tacent satis laudant.
- Silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound.—Holmes
- Quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration.—Wordsworth
- Its grand orchestral silences.—E. B. Browning
- Thunders of white silence.—E. B. Browning
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