noiseless

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adjective

Producing no noise; without noise.

“The movements of the cat were noiseless as it approached the mousehole.”

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

adjectivenoiseless (comparative more noiseless, superlative most noiseless)

comparative more noiseless · superlative most noiseless

  1. Producing no noise; without noise.

    The movements of the cat were noiseless as it approached the mousehole.

    1 more example

    For by the hearth the children sit ⁠Cold in that atmosphere of Death, ⁠And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: But open converse is there none, […]

    1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 33

    Synonyms: noise-free

  2. Containing no noise.

    The core idea of the Nostega paradign is basically camouflaging messages by embedding them in a form of noiseless data by employing either altered authenticated data or legitimate untraceable data, as shown in Section 1.3.

    2016, Abdelrahman Desoky, Noiseless Steganography, page 4

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveProducing no noise; without noise.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivemaking no sound

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishnoise
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishnoiseless

From noise + -less.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄθροος, ἄψοφος
  • ἄθροος (áthroos)silent
  • ἄψοφος (ápsophos)silent
Bulgarian безшумен, беззвучен
  • безшумен (bezšumen)silent
  • беззвучен (bezzvučen)silent
Esperanto senbrua
  • senbruasilent
Finnish meluton
  • melutonsilent
French silencieux
  • silencieuxsilent
German geräuschlos
  • geräuschlossilent
Greek αθόρυβος
  • αθόρυβος (athóryvos)silent
Hungarian zajtalan, nesztelen
  • zajtalansilent
  • nesztelensilent
  • hangtalansilent
Latin tacitus, impercussus
  • tacitussilent
  • impercussussilent
Norwegian Bokmål lydløs
  • lydløssilent
Polish bezgłośny, bezszumny
  • bezgłośnysilent
  • bezszumnysilent
  • bezszumowysilent
Romanian silențios, nezgomotos
  • silențiossilent
  • nezgomotossilent
Russian бесшу́мный
  • бесшу́мный (besšúmnyj)silent
Turkish gürültüsüz
  • gürültüsüzsilent
Ukrainian безшумний
  • безшумний (bezšumnyj)silent

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Cite this entry
APA

noiseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noiseless

MLA

“noiseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noiseless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noiseless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noiseless.

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