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• n.

  •
  • clam up,
  • become speechless,
  • be hushed,
  • be suppressed,
  • fall silent,
  • be subdued,
  • be answered,
  • break off.

  • hush (noun)

  • hush.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • sound.

  • pipe down (noun)

  • pipe down.

  • quiesce (noun)

  • quiesce.

  • quiet down (noun)

  • quieten.

• v.

  • lull (verb)

  • becalm,
  • subdue,
  • soft-pedal,
  • cool,
  • soothe,
  • compose,
  • moderate,
  • quiet,
  • wane,
  • settle,
  • abate,
  • chill out,
  • fall,
  • temper,
  • tranquilize,
  • balm,
  • pacify,
  • subside,
  • slacken,
  • quell,
  • let up,
  • decrease,
  • still,
  • diminish,
  • allay,
  • qualify,
  • cease,
  • stroke,
  • dwindle,
  • ebb.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)

  • change intensity,
  • be quiet.

  • silence (verb)

  • cut short,
  • cut off,
  • tongue-tie,
  • dull,
  • strike dumb,
  • dry up,
  • muffle,
  • quash,
  • hush one’s mouth,
  • squelch,
  • choke off,
  • deaden,
  • hush-hush,
  • decrease the volume,
  • hold one’s tongue,
  • close up,
  • mute,
  • sit on,
  • stifle,
  • overawe,
  • keep it down,
  • dumb,
  • suppress,
  • dummy up,
  • clam,
  • muzzle,
  • dampen,
  • say nothing,
  • extinguish,
  • gag.

  • unwind (verb)

  • loosen up,
  • wind down,
  • rest,
  • slow down,
  • take a break,
  • sit back,
  • recline,
  • ease off.

• Other synonyms:

  • calm down

  • cool it.

  • Other relevant words:

  • downing,
  • pacifies,
  • cooling off,
  • take sting out,
  • silence,
  • cool off,
  • downed,
  • takes it easy,
  • lull,
  • soft pedal,
  • put a lid on,
  • lay back,
  • take it easy,
  • taking it easy,
  • dies down,
  • put lid on,
  • take the edge,
  • lullaby,
  • laid back,
  • died down,
  • balmed,
  • take the sting out,
  • dying down,
  • quieted down,
  • Downs,
  • die down.

  • quieten

  • quietened.

  • silence

  • Clammed,
  • clamming up,
  • saying nothing,
  • choking off,
  • struck dumb,
  • dumbs,
  • dumbing,
  • kept down,
  • Dulling,
  • keep down,
  • decrease volume,
  • closing up,
  • closed up,
  • overawes,
  • Overawing,
  • sitting on,
  • dummied up,
  • hold tongue,
  • dumbed,
  • closes up,
  • overawed,
  • dried up,
  • clammed up,
  • drying up,
  • choked off,
  • dulls,
  • Clamming,
  • tongue tie.

  • unwind

  • taking a break,
  • winding down,
  • easing off,
  • slowed down.

  • wait

  • hold the line.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • shush,
  • relax,
  • mellow,
  • curb,
  • settle down,
  • check,
  • control,
  • become tranquil,
  • unwind,
  • be tranquil,
  • calm down,
  • shut up,
  • tone down,
  • simmer down,
  • soften.

How to use «Quiet down» in context?

Quiet down often means to lower one’s voice or to be less noisy. It may also refer to making oneself less visible or vocal. In some contexts, it can also mean to be more considerate of others. quiet down has multiple meanings because it can reflects the emotions we feel in different situations. For example, when we are anxious, we might quiet down to avoid being noticed. When we are upset, we might quiet down to avoid making a scene. quiet down can also be used to refer to communicating with others. For example, we might say to our friend, «Quiet down, I can’t hear you.

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Synonyms:

abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

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