Meanings
nounsoundlessness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or condition of being soundless.
A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.
1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter XII, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 186Synonyms: noiselessness, silence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being soundless.
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German Lautlosigkeit, Geräuschlosigkeit
- Lautlosigkeitstate or condition of being without sound
- Geräuschlosigkeitstate or condition of being without sound
Hindi सन्नाटा
- सन्नाटा (sannāṭā)state or condition of being without sound
Māori haumūmutanga
- haumūmutangastate or condition of being without sound
Norwegian Bokmål lydaushet, lydløshet
- lydaushetstate or condition of being without sound
- lydløshetstate or condition of being without sound
Polish bezdźwięczność, bezgłośność
- bezdźwięcznośćstate or condition of being without sound
- bezgłośnośćstate or condition of being without sound
Russian беззву́чие
- беззву́чие (bezzvúčije)state or condition of being without sound
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soundlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundlessness
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“soundlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundlessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soundlessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundlessness.
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