A variety of silencers.
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No. Its the actual terminology based on function.
It reduces the noise signature (muzzle report) and visible flash generated by the gun’s firing. Suppressors are typically constructed of a metal cylinder with internal baffle components to slow and cool down the escaping propellant gas and thus decrease the sound intensity of the muzzle blast. A suppressor only reduces the volume of supersonic ammo by about 30 decibles.
That won't exactly be silencing anything that isn't a .22 and even then you'll still hear it.
To be fair, there are a couple that could qualify as "silencers" but it's mostly super-specialist stuff that reduces the functionality of the firearm, as I understand it - stuff like the Welrod and the US equivalent.