hush

/hˈʌʃ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. become quiet or still; fall silent
   “hush my baby!”
2. cause to be quiet or not talk
   “Please silence the children in the church!”
3. become quiet or quieter
   “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”
4. wash by removing particles
   “Wash ores”
5. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

noun

1. (poetic) tranquil silence
   “the still of the night”

Synonyms for hush

• quieten
• silence
• still
• shut up
• hush up
• quiet
• quiesce
• quiet down
• pipe down
• stillness

Words that rhyme with hush

• flush
• rush
• brush
• crush
• mush
• gush
• lush
• blush
• slush
• thrush
• plush
• paintbrush
• sagebrush
• underbrush
• busche
• cush
• dusch
• dush
• frush
• grush
• kusch
• lusch
• musch
• nusz
• pusch
• rusch
• rusche