Speak-no-evil monkey

Making little or no noise.

• quiet
• silent

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Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

• secret
• confidential
• classified
• undisclosed

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Unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion.

• speechless

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Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.

• speechless
• silent
• wordless
• dumb

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(of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness.

• speech-impaired

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Become or remain silent.

• shush

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Don't want to speak.

• don't want to speak
• don't speak

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Cause to become silent; prohibit or prevent from speaking.

• silence
• quiet
• mute
• muffle
• hush

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Make (someone) be quiet or stop talking.

• hush
• silence
• quieten
• shush
• shut up
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Make or become silent, calm, or still.

• quiet

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Used to show recognition of a mistake or minor accident, often as part of an apology.

• oops
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Used to call for silence.

• shh
• shush

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In a quiet manner.

• quietly
• silently

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In a secret way; without others knowing.

• secretly
• confidentially
• in secret
• privately
• in private

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Complete absence of sound.

• silence
• quiet
• quietness
• hush
• noiselessness

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Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

• secret
• confidential matter

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The action of keeping something secret or the state of being kept secret.

• secrecy
• confidentiality
• privateness

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