Object

• critic: He promises to furnish answers and arguments needed to silence critics.

• alarm: Also operates ' Hush ' feature to silence nuisance alarms.

Converse of object

• deafen: Later when I replied giving more detail about my position, there was a long and deafening silence from you.

• hush: In the hushed silence I did not look down, not even once.

• observe: People in Tower Hamlets also observed two minutes silence on November 11 in memory of the war heroes.

• break: I broke the silence with a very soft question.

• ensue: The ensuing silence was even harder to endure than the revelations had been.

• brood: And then there was a terrible brooding silence which followed.

Adjective modifier

• stunned: Once he had finished, there was a stunned silence for several seconds.

• eerie: There was an eerie silence for a few minutes.

• stony: Elizabeth broke the stony silence which had descended on the room.

• awkward: Things hung for a moment in an awkward silence.

• embarrassed: After the contract was signed and it was time for Just Sunshine to deliver, there was an embarrassed silence.

• shocked: After a few seconds of shocked silence Matt carefully replaced his arm about the other man and allowed the snuggle.

Modifies a noun

• reign: Afterward all retire to sleep, and absolute silence reigns.

Noun used with modifier

• minute: People in Tower Hamlets also observed two minutes silence on November 11 in memory of the war heroes.

Possessives

• minute: He called for a minute's silence in their honor.