hush

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HUSH

to become still and orderly <the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance>

Synonyms calm (down), chill out [slang], cool, hush, pipe down, settle (down)

Related Words dry up; relax, tranquilize (also tranquillize), unwind, zone out

Near Antonyms clown (around), fool around, horse around, monkey (around), show off, skylark

Antonyms act up, carry on, cut up

to stop talking <the talkative lady next to me on the train never hushed once during the whole four-hour trip>

Synonyms belt up [British], clam up, dry up, dummy up, hush, pipe down, quiet (down)

Related Words calm (down), cool (down), settle (down); haw, hem

Near Antonyms pipe up, sound off, speak out, speak up, spout (off), talk up

Antonyms speak, talk

to stop the noise or speech of <he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces>

Synonyms dumb, extinguish, hush, mute, quell, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], settle, shush, shut up, squelch, still

Near Antonyms agitate, stir

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