quiet

/kwˈaɪət/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
   “a quiet life”
2. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
   “a quiet audience at the concert”
3. not showy or obtrusive
   “clothes in quiet good taste”
4. in a softened tone
   “hushed voices”
5. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
   “a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay”
6. (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

noun

1. a period of calm weather
   “there was a lull in the storm”
2. an untroubled state; free from disturbances
3. the absence of sound
   “he needed silence in order to sleep”
4. a disposition free from stress or emotion

verb

1. become quiet or quieter
   “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”
2. make calm or still
   “quiet the dragons of worry and fear”

adverb

1. with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
   “her hands rested quietly in her lap”

Synonyms for quiet

• quiescent
• untroubled
• noiseless
• silent
• stilly
• tiptoe
• restrained
• unostentatious
• hushed
• muted
• subdued
• soft
• placid
• still
• tranquil
• smooth
• unruffled
• calm
• lull
• tranquillity
• tranquility
• silence
• repose
• placidity
• serenity
• quieten
• hush
• quiesce
• quiet down
• pipe down
• calm down
• tranquilize
• tranquillize
• tranquillise
• quietly

Antonyms of quiet

• unquiet
• noisy
• active

Words that rhyme with quiet

• diet
• riot
• disquiet
• guyot
• clyatt
• hiatt
• hiott
• hyatt
• iott
• miot
• myatt
• piatt
• pyatt
• pyeatt
• wiatt