simmer down

Strongest matches

• actively
• earnestly
• passionately
• sincerely
• vigorously

Strong match

• gravely

Weak matches

• all joking aside
• cool it
• cut the comedy
• determinedly
• down
• fervently
• for real
• in all conscience
• in all seriousness
• in earnest
• intently
• purposefully
• resolutely
• sedately
• soberly
• solemnly
• sternly
• straighten out
• thoughtfully
• with a straight face
• with forethought
• with sobriety
• zealously

Strongest matches

• allay
• alleviate
• appease
• assuage
• cool
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify
• placate
• quiet
• relax
• relieve
• settle
• soothe
• steady

Strong matches

• balm
• becalm
• compose
• hush
• lull
• quieten
• sedate
• soft pedal
• still
• stroke
• tranquilize

Weak matches

• cool it
• cool out
• lay back
• take it easy
• take the edge off

Weak matches

• chill out
• control oneself
• cool down
• cool it
• cool off
• get hold of oneself
• go easy
• keep cool
• regain one's composure
• relax
• rest
• restrain oneself
• take it easy

Weak matches

• chill
• cool it
• cool off
• loosen up
• mellow
• relax
• settle down
• take a chill pill

Strongest matches

• arrange
• collect
• contain

Strong matches

• adjust
• allay
• appease
• assuage
• becalm
• check
• comfort
• console
• control
• cool
• ease
• lessen
• lull
• mitigate
• moderate
• modulate
• pacify
• placate
• quell
• quiet
• reconcile
• regulate
• rein
• relax
• repress
• resolve
• restrain
• settle
• slacken
• smother
• soften
• solace
• soothe
• still
• suppress
• temper
• tranquilize

Weak matches

• balm
• ease up
• hold in
• let up
• re-collect
• tune down

Strongest matches

• collect
• cool
• curb
• stop

Strong matches

• check
• compose
• cork
• harness
• hog-tie
• rein
• repress
• restrain
• restrict
• smother
• stifle

Weak matches

• bottle up
• hold in
• keep back
• keep lid on
• put half nelson on

Strongest matches

• adjust
• check
• contain
• limit
• regulate

Strong matches

• awe
• bridle
• collect
• compose
• constrain
• cool
• corner
• cow
• monopolize
• quell
• repress
• restrain
• smother
• subdue

Weak match

• rein in

Strongest matches

• abate
• calm
• calm down
• chill
• chill out
• quiet
• quiet down
• rein in
• settle down

Strong matches

• allay
• assuage
• compose
• control
• dampen
• lessen
• mitigate
• moderate
• reduce
• repress
• restrain
• suppress
• temper

Strongest matches

• curb
• repress
• restrict
• suppress

Strong matches

• bridle
• check
• collect
• compose
• cool
• halt
• hold
• limit
• smother

Weak matches

• hold back
• slow down

Strongest matches

• calm
• lie down
• loosen up
• recline
• sit back
• soften
• unwind

Strong matches

• laze
• repose
• rest
• tranquilize
• unbend
• unlax

Weak matches

• breathe easy
• calm down
• collect oneself
• compose oneself
• cool off
• ease off
• feel at home
• hang loose
• knock off
• let oneself go
• make oneself at home
• put one's feet up
• settle back
• sit around
• stop work
• take a break
• take a breather
• take it easy
• take one's time
• take ten
• take time out

Strongest matches

• crush
• inhibit
• muffle
• quash
• quell
• restrain
• squelch
• stifle
• subdue
• subjugate
• suppress

Strong matches

• bottle
• chasten
• check
• collect
• compose
• control
• cool
• cork
• curb
• hinder
• kill
• lock
• master
• overcome
• overpower
• rein
• shush
• silence
• smother
• swallow

Weak matches

• black out
• gridlock
• hold back
• jam up
• keep in
• keep in check
• keep under wraps
• quelch
• throw cold water on
• tie up

Strongest matches

• choke
• douse
• envelop
• overwhelm
• quash
• quell
• snuff
• squelch
• stifle
• strangle
• suffocate
• suppress
• surround

Strong matches

• asphyxiate
• collect
• compose
• conceal
• control
• cool
• cork
• heap
• inundate
• kill
• muffle
• quench
• rein
• repress
• restrain
• shower
• shroud
• throttle

Weak matches

• hush up
• keep back
• stamp out