Antonyms for quiet
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : kwahy-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwaɪ ɪt |
- aggravate
- agitate
- agitated
- agitation
- anger
- annoy
- assured
- beginning
- boisterous
- bold
- brave
- clamor
- clamorous
- clangor
- communicative
- complex
- complicated
- confident
- continuation
- depress
- disagree
- disturb
- disturbance
- energy
- excite
- excited
- friendly
- harsh
- incite
- intricate
- irritate
- loud
- loudness
- move
- noise
- noisy
- obtrusive
- open
- presumptuous
- provoke
- public
- release
- rough
- sociable
- start
- trouble
- troubled
- turn up
- unreserved
- upset
- violent
- wild
- worry
Definition of quiet
Origin :- c.1300, "freedom from disturbance or conflict; calm, stillness," from Old French quiete "rest, repose, tranquility" and directly from Latin quies (genitive quietis) "a lying still, rest, repose, peace," from PIE root *qwi- "rest" (cf. Old Persian shiyati-, Avestan shaiti- "well-being;" Avestan shyata- "happy;" Gothic hveila, Old English hwil "space of time;" see while (n.)). Late 14c. as "inactivity, rest, repose."
- adj without or with little sound
- adj calm, peaceful
- adj simple, unobtrusive
- noun calmness, silence
- verb make silent, calm
- When they do not disturb him with earthly medicines, he is quiet and happy.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- There are quiet and very decent places for those of us that must.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "If you still love Paralus, I wonder you can be so quiet and cheerful," said Eudora.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Where shall I find a quiet church where I may say his De profundis in peace?
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- How restful this quiet and reserve after the colour and line tumult of the Higbee apartment.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I am in the habit of boarding at a quiet house kept by a widow.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "Harry is quiet, and Philip keeps out of the way lately," she answered.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Uncle Jasper, who had a quiet voice and gentle manners, now stood rigid.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- If you keep this up I'm going to take a walk so I can have quiet.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Perhaps the quiet of his boy had not been altogether the quiet of cowardice.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
Synonyms for quiet
- allay
- ameliorate
- appease
- assuage
- becalm
- button one's lip
- buttoned up
- calm
- calm down
- can it
- cessation
- choke
- clam up
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- collected
- compose
- conservative
- console
- contented
- cool it
- cool out
- could hear a pin drop
- dead air
- docile
- dumb
- dummy up
- ease
- fix up
- fixed
- gag
- gentle
- gratify
- halcyon
- hold it down
- homely
- hush
- hushed
- hushful
- ice
- inactivate
- inactive
- inaudible
- inobtrusive
- isolated
- level
- low
- low-pitched
- lull
- meek
- mild
- moderate
- modest
- mollify
- motionless
- muffle
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- muzzle
- noiseless
- noiselessness
- not saying boo
- pacific
- pacify
- palliate
- patch things up
- peace
- peaceful
- placid
- plain
- please
- private
- quiescent
- quieted
- quieten
- quietness
- quietude
- reconcile
- relax
- relaxation
- remote
- repose
- reserved
- rest
- restful
- restrained
- reticent
- retired
- satisfy
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- sedate
- sequestered
- serene
- serenity
- settle
- shush
- shut up
- shy
- silence
- silent
- slack
- smooth
- sober
- soft
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- soundless
- soundlessness
- speechless
- speechlessness
- square
- squash
- squelch
- stable
- stagnant
- still
- stilled
- stillness
- stop
- stroke
- subdue
- subdued
- taciturn
- take the bite out of
- tasteful
- termination
- tight-lipped
- tranquil
- tranquilize
- tranquillity
- unanxious
- unassuming
- uncommunicative
- undisturbed
- unexcited
- unexpressed
- unfrequented
- unpretentious
- unruffled
- unspeaking
- untroubled
- unuttered
- whist
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