shut up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SHUT UP

to stop talking <you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up>

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

Phrases hold one's tongue (or hold one's peace)

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

Antonyms speak, talk

to stop the noise or speech of <nothing I said would shut them up>

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

Near Antonyms agitate, stir

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