Home › Words › W › whistnesswhistnesswhistness · noun — silence.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, whistness ranks #2,501 of 43,042 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom whist + -ness.nounSilence.e.g.“Who dares cumber / This universall whistnesse; where none come, / But taciturnity, and silence dumbe?” — 1657, Thomas Heywood, The General History of Women:Witchcraft; supernatural dealings.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.whisperless 72% match — Without a whisper. vs whistness →whisht 70% match — Shush, silence, be quiet! vs whistness →soundless 67% match — Without sound. vs whistness →unwhistled 65% match — Not whistled. vs whistness →whistly 64% match — Making a whistling sound. vs whistness →bewhisper 63% match — To whisper. vs whistness →silential 62% match — silent vs whistness →whisperation 61% match — Whispering; whispered speech. vs whistness →