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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | censor, dummy up, gag, hold one's tongue, hush up, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quash, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, suppress |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make silent, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soft-pedal, soften, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | turn up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shut up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make quiet |
| Synonyms: | bottle up, choke, dry up, dummy up, fall silent, gag, hold tongue, hush, keep trap shut, muzzle, pipe down, quiet, quieten, quit chattering, shush, silence, soft-pedal, still, stop talking |
| Antonyms: | speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Antonyms: | be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | withhold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bridle, check, clam up, conceal, constrain, curb, deduct, deny, detain, disallow, dummy up, hide, hold, hold back, hold down, hold out, hold out on, inhibit, keep, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under one's hat, keep under wraps, kill, refrain, refuse, repress, reserve, resist, restrain, retain, sit on, spike, stop oneself, suppress |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | quieten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Main Entry: | shush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Silence. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
silence; stillness (quiet); peace, hush, lull; muteness; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
-verbs
-adjectives
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed; mute., soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible (faint).
-adverbs
silently; sub silentio.
-phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [French]; "silence more
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| Antonyms: | sound |
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