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Synonyms for silver

Most common

fluent facile silvery argent white euphonious

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Silvery

silvery, argent, silverish rare

Noun

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Made from silver.

  2. adj. 2

    Made from another white metal.

  3. n. 1

    A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

Forms

Plural
silvers → metals, platinums, bullions, flatwares…

Choose the right word

Silver, Bullion, Gold or Money?

Bullion is either gold or silver uncoined, or the coined metal considered without reference to its coinage, but simply as merchandise, when its value as bullion may be very different from its value as money.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • fluent Long practice enabled him to speak fluent English.
  • facile The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
  • silvery Nickel is a hard metal with a silvery luster.
  • argent Tom's coat of arms is gules, a tierce argent.
  • white What is that building whose door is painted white?
  • euphonious In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
silversteady
fluentrising
facilesteady
silveryrising
argentfalling
whiterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
ag1
5 letters
money2, white1, metal2
6 letters
bright1, fluent2, argent2, facile2
7 letters
bullion2, silvery3, silvern
8 letters
platinum2, eloquent3, flatware2
9 letters
silverish
10 letters
articulate4, silverware3, euphonious
11 letters
mellifluous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money2 = 2 syllables).