quiet

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of QUIET

to become still and orderly <the museum docent told the rowdy youngsters to quiet down for the tour>

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

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

Phrases cool it

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

Antonyms act up, carry on, cut up

to free from distress or disturbance <quiet a crying toddler with candy>

Synonyms becalm, compose, lull, lullaby, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], salve, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

Related Words appease, conciliate, hush, mollify, pacify, placate; allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lay, mitigate, quell, relax, relieve, solace; narcotize, sedate, stupefy

Near Antonyms aggravate, heighten, intensify; arouse, excite, foment, incite, rouse, stir (up), work up

Antonyms agitate, discompose, disquiet, disturb, key (up), perturb, upset, vex

to stop the noise or speech of <the nanny could quiet unruly children with just a look>

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

Near Antonyms agitate, stir

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