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Defenition of the word quiet

    • Defenition of the word quiet

      • With little or no sound; denoting absence of disturbing noise.
      • Having little motion or activity.
      • Not busy.
      • To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
      • Marked by the complete lack of sound or noise.
      • The absence of movement.
      • make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
      • become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
      • in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
      • a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
      • without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times"
      • free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
      • (astronomy; of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.
      • free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"
      • characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
      • not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"
      • with little or no activity or especially agitation; "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly' as in "sit here as quiet as you can")
      • a disposition free from stress or emotion
      • the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
      • an untroubled state; free from disturbances
      • of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.
      • free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruf
      • with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet'' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly''); "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"
      • the absence of sound
      • a period of calm weather
      • make calm or still
      • become quiet or quieter
      • of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
      • (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
      • in a softened tone
      • not showy or obtrusive
      • free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
      • characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
      • with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

    Synonyms for the word quiet

      • allay
      • become quiet
      • calm
      • calm down
      • ease
      • hush
      • hushed
      • lull
      • muted
      • no noise
      • peace
      • peace and quiet
      • peaceful
      • pipe down
      • placid
      • placidity
      • quiesce
      • quiet down
      • quieten
      • quietly
      • repose
      • restrained
      • serene
      • serenity
      • settle down
      • silence
      • soothe
      • still
      • stillness
      • subdued
      • subtle
      • tranquil
      • tranquility
      • tranquilize
      • tranquillity
      • tranquillize
      • understated
      • undisturbed
      • uninterrupted
      • unobtrusive
      • unruffled

    Similar words in the quiet

      • calm
      • catlike
      • dreamy
      • inaudible
      • noiseless
      • peaceful
      • quiescent
      • quiet
      • quieted
      • quieting
      • quietly
      • quietness
      • quietness's
      • quiets
      • quietude
      • quietude's
      • quietus
      • quietus's
      • quietuses
      • relaxing
      • reposeful
      • restful
      • silent
      • slumberous
      • slumbrous
      • soft
      • soundless
      • still
      • stilly
      • tame
      • tiptoe
      • unagitated
      • undisturbed
      • uneventful
      • unhearable
      • unostentatious
      • unpretending
      • unpretentious
      • untroubled

    Hyponyms for the word quiet

      • appease
      • assuage
      • assure
      • ataraxia
      • compose
      • conciliate
      • gentle
      • gruntle
      • hush
      • lenify
      • lull
      • mollify
      • pacify
      • placate
      • quietness
      • reassure
      • soundlessness
      • speechlessness
      • still
      • stillness

    Hypernyms for the word quiet

      • calm
      • calmness
      • change intensity
      • comfort
      • composure
      • console
      • equanimity
      • order
      • solace
      • soothe
      • sound property

    Antonyms for the word quiet

      • active
      • agitate
      • charge
      • charge up
      • commove
      • excite
      • louden
      • noisy
      • rouse
      • sound
      • turn on
      • unquiet
      • unquietly

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