Quiet

Adjective

 * 1) With little or no sound; denoting absence of disturbing noise.
 * I can't hear the music, it is too quiet.
 * 1) Having little motion or activity; calm.
 * the sea was quiet; a quiet night at home; all quiet on the Western front
 * 1) Not busy, of low quantity.
 * The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.
 * Business was quiet for the season.
 * 1) Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
 * He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:taciturn

Antonyms

 * loud

Verb

 * 1) To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
 * When you quiet, we can start talking.
 * 1) To cause someone to become quiet.
 * Can you quiet your child, he's making lots of noise.
 * The umpire quieted the crowd, so the game could continue in peace.

Synonyms
become quiet cause to become quiet
 * quiet down
 * quieten
 * quiet down
 * quieten

Noun

 * 1) The absence of sound; quietness.
 * There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
 * We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.
 * 1) the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility

Adjectives for Quiet
dimmed; remarkable; restful; absolute; undisturbed; restoring; rural; subduing; penitential; endless; dull; luxurious; reverent; lifeless; ominous; domestic; graceful; aimless; formidable; passive; idealic; pastoral; peaceful; enforced.

Thesaurus
Attic, Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, abate, aesthetic, allay, appease, arrange, arrangement, array, artistic, asleep, at peace, at rest, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, back-door, backstairs, backward, becalm, bloodless, brief, broken, brusque, calm, calm disposition, calm down, calm of mind, calmness, cease, cessation, chaste, chastened, choice, choke, choke off, clandestine, classic, cloistered, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, comfort, comfortable, compose, composed, composure, concise, concord, concordant, constrained, contemplation, cool, cool off, coolheaded, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance, covert, cradle, creamy, curt, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence, decrease, delicate, deploy, deployment, die down, disposal, dispose, disposition, domesticated, dormant, dovelike, dulcify, dumb, dumbfound, dwindle, dwindling, ease, easy mind, ebb, ebbing, echoless, economical of words, eggshell, even out, even-tenored, excellent, fall silent, feline, festal, fixed, flat, form, formation, furtive, gag, gentle, gloss, golden silence, grade, halcyon, halt, harmonize, harmony, hidlings, hierarchize, hole-and-corner, holiday, homely, housebroken, hugger-mugger, humble, hush, hush as death, hush of night, hush-hush, hushed, icy calm, idle, idyllic, impassive, imperturbability, imperturbation, in good taste, inactive, inactivity, inaudibility, inaudible, indisposed to talk, indisturbance, inert, iridescent, isolated, laconic, lamblike, law and order, lay out, layout, lessen, light, line up, lineup, lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, marshal, marshaling, meek, mellow, mental composure, methodize, mild, molder, moldering, mollify, mother-of-pearl, motionless, mousy, muffle, mum, mute, muzzle, nacreous, nirvana, noiseless, noiselessness, normalize, of choice, of quality, opalescent, order, orderliness, orderly, organization, organize, pacific, pacify, pale, passive, pastel, pastoral, patinaed, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind, peaceable, peaceful, peacefulness, peacetime, pearly, philosophic composure, philosophical, philosophicalness, philosophy, pipe down, piping, placid, placidity, placidness, plain, pleasing, pour balm into, privy, proportion, pure, put to silence, quell, quiesce, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet down, quiet life, quiet mind, quieten, quietism, quietness, quietude, rank, regularity, regularize, regulate, relaxation, repose, reposeful, reposing, reserved, rest, restful, restfulness, resting, restrained, retired, retiring, rock, rock to sleep, routine, routinize, sabbatical, sad, sangfroid, satori, secluded, semigloss, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, serenity, set up, settle, setup, sheltered, shifty, short, shrinking, shush, shut down on, shut up, silence, silent, silentness, silken repose, simple, skulking, sleep, sleepy, slinking, slinky, slumber, sly, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, sneaking, sneaky, snug, sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, soft-pedal, softened, solemn silence, somber, soothe, soothingness, soundless, soundlessness, sparing of words, speechless, squash, squelch, stabilize, standardize, stationary, steady, stealthy, stifle, still, still as death, stillish, stillness, stilly, stoic, stolid, stop, strike dumb, structure, subaudible, subdue, subdued, subside, subsiding, subtle, surreptitious, sweet, symmetry, system, systematize, tacitness, taciturn, taciturnity, tame, tamed, tasteful, tasty, temperate, termination, terse, throttle, tight-lipped, tomblike silence, tongue-tied, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillity, unaffected, unagitated, unarticulated, unbuttoned ease, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, understated, undisturbed, unexcited, unhearable, uniformity, unloquacious, unmoved, unmoving, unobtrusive, unperturbed, unpretentious, unpronounced, unruffled, unruffledness, unsounded, unstirring, untalkative, untroubled, unuttered, unvocalized, unvoiced, vacational, wane, waning, well-chosen, whisht, whist, wise passiveness, withdrawn, word-bound, wordless

Etymology
From <  <  quietus:, past participle of quiescere:.

Adjective

 * Arabic: صامت, هادئ
 * Bulgarian:, тиха,
 * Catalan: silenciós, tranquil
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 * Japanese: 静か
 * Korean: 조용한
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 * Latvian: kluss, klusa
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 * Vietnamese: yên tĩnh (安靜)
 * Volapük: stilik


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 * : 安靜的, 安静的 (ānjìng de)
 * : 조용한 (joyonghan)
 * : ramus, tykus

Verb

 * Dutch: kalmeren, rustig worden
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: s'apaiser, se calmer, se taire, se tranquilliser
 * Polish: (exclusively for sound:) uciszyć się, zamilknąć, (sound/motion:) uspokajać się, uspokoić się


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 * : tystne, stilne

Noun

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Usage notes
Often confused with quite.

Related terms

 * acquiet
 * disquiet
 * have a quiet word
 * inquietude
 * keep quiet
 * on the quiet
 * peace and quiet
 * so quiet/so quiet one can hear a pin drop
 * quiesce
 * quiet as a mouse
 * quiet coach
 * quiet down
 * quiet enjoyment
 * quiet lung
 * quiet down
 * quiet period
 * quietage
 * quieten
 * quietism
 * quietist
 * quietly
 * quietness
 * quietsome
 * quietude
 * ultraquiet
 * unquiet

Anagrams

 * quite

Adjective

 * 1) calm, stopped
 * 2) quiet

Pronunciation

 * Depending on dialect, or

Synonyms

 * aturat
 * detingut

Adjective

 * 1) calm, stopped
 * 2) quiet

Synonyms

 * suau
 * tranquil