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Sense: Adjective: without noise

Synonyms:

quiet , soundless, noiseless, muted, hushed, still , deathly quiet, tranquil, peaceful , calm , inaudible

Sense: Adjective: not speaking

Synonyms:

mute, dumb , speechless , lost for words, at a loss for words, tongue-tied, voiceless, shtum (UK, informal), mum (informal), tight-lipped, close-lipped, without speaking

Sense: Adjective: not spoken

Synonyms:

speechless , wordless, tacit, mute, unspoken, unsaid, without words, without speech, unvoiced, voiceless, hushed

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