quieten

Verbs

(v) become quiet or quieter
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, hush,
(v) make calm or still
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, lull,
(v) cause to be quiet or not talk
- Please silence the children in the church!
silence, hush, hush up, still, shut up,

Synonyms

pipe down quiesce quiet quiet down hush calm still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize calm down lull silence hush up shut up

Antonyms

louden charge up commove agitate rouse excite turn on charge

See also

hush up sleek over whitewash gloss over

Words of close approximity

quietly quietus