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quiet
adjective as in without or with little sound
adjective as in calm, peaceful
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gentle, mild, placid, private, secluded, sedate, serene, shy, smooth, stable, tranquil
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collected, contented, fixed, halcyon, hushed, isolated, level, pacific, remote, reserved, retired, secret, sequestered, still
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docile, inactive, meek, motionless, restful, stagnant, unanxious, undisturbed, unexcited, unfrequented, unruffled, untroubled
adjective as in simple, unobtrusive
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modest, restrained, sober, subdued, unassuming, unpretentious
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noun as in calmness, silence
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cessation, ease, hush, lull, noiselessness, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stop, termination
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verb as in make silent, calm
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allay, appease, assuage, hush, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, please, relax, satisfy, soften, soothe, squelch, subdue
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ameliorate, becalm, choke, compose, console, gag, gratify, ice, inactivate, lull, moderate, palliate, quieten, reconcile, settle, shush, silence, slack, smooth, soft pedal, square, squash, still, stroke, tranquilize
Weak matches
button one's lip, calm down, can it, clam up, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, hold it down, patch things up, shut up, take the bite out of
Example Sentences
She attended elementary school in the Arts District, which she describes as quieter and “more industrial than it is today.”
The quiet in our rural area was eerie.
Construction is under way on some new homes, but streets remain unusually quiet at night, when coyotes come out to roam.
Israel can’t forget these mistakes or “buy quiet” from these organizations, at the cost of future lives.
The quiet, practiced awareness of how flavors talk to one another — the way lemon steadies cream or how a drizzle of honey can round off a salt edge.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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