Definitions

pipe down

VERB

mute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dampen soften subdue

STRONG

benumb deaden drown gag hush lower moderate muzzle reduce silence soft pedal

WEAK

bottle up cork up decrease the volume keep it down put damper on put the lid on turn down

Antonyms

STRONG

free increase let go liberate raise strengthen

WEAK

articulate speak voice

VERB

quieten

Synonyms

STRONG

clam dampen deaden dull extinguish gag hush lull muffle mute muzzle overawe quash quell quiet shush soft pedal squelch stifle still subdue suppress tongue-tie

WEAK

choke off clam up close up cool it cut off cut short decrease the volume dry up dumb dummy up hold one's tongue hush one's mouth hush-hush keep it down quiet down say nothing shut up sit on strike dumb

Antonyms

STRONG

agitate allow disturb encourage help irritate let go release start

VERB

shush

Synonyms

STRONG

clam dampen deaden dull extinguish gag hush lull muffle mute muzzle overawe quash quell quiet quieten soft pedal squelch stifle still subdue suppress tongue-tie

WEAK

Antonyms

STRONG

agitate allow disturb encourage help irritate let go release start

VERB

shut up

Synonyms

WEAK

bottle up choke dry up dummy up fall silent gag hold tongue hush keep trap shut muzzle quiet quieten quit chattering shush silence soft pedal still stop talking

Antonyms

WEAK

speak talk

VERB

silence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cut off gag muffle mute muzzle quash quell squelch stifle subdue suppress

STRONG

clam dampen deaden dull extinguish hush lull overawe quiet quieten shush soft pedal still tongue-tie

WEAK

choke off clam up close up cool it cut short decrease the volume dry up dumb dummy up hold one's tongue hush one's mouth hush-hush keep it down quiet down say nothing shut up sit on strike dumb

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow encourage help let go permit release start

WEAK

be noisy communicate talk

Example Sentences

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Leaders cannot just tell their number two to pipe down, because they are voted in by party members.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Politico's Rachel Bade caught a rare break in McCarthy's otherwise stony facade when he "visibly shushed his members to pipe down."

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2023

There are flies out there who are saying to one another: “Can’t she just pipe down for five freakin’ minutes and let us enjoy the ointment?”

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020

So when he heard that Rizzo had told his teammates to pipe down, Kintzler worried a misconception had ended his Nationals tenure.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2018

He hollowed something in their language and everybody began to pipe down just a hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

pipe down

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