QUIET
Dictionary entry overview: What does quiet mean?
• QUIET (noun)
The noun QUIET has 4 senses:
1. a period of calm weather
2. an untroubled state; free from disturbances
3. the absence of sound
4. a disposition free from stress or emotion
Familiarity information: QUIET used as a noun is uncommon.
• QUIET (adjective)
The adjective QUIET has 6 senses:
1. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
2. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
3. not showy or obtrusive
4. in a softened tone
5. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
6. of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.
Familiarity information: QUIET used as an adjective is common.
• QUIET (verb)
The verb QUIET has 2 senses:
1. become quiet or quieter
2. make calm or still
Familiarity information: QUIET used as a verb is rare.
• QUIET (adverb)
The adverb QUIET has 1 sense:
1. with little or no activity or no agitation ('quiet' is a nonstandard variant for 'quietly')
Familiarity information: QUIET used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUIET (noun)
Meaning:
A period of calm weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
quiet; lull
Context example:
there was a lull in the storm
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
calmness (an absence of strong winds or rain)
Meaning:
An untroubled state; free from disturbances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
tranquillity; quiet; tranquility
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
order (established customary state (especially of society))
Meaning:
The absence of sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
silence; quiet
Context examples:
he needed silence in order to sleep / the street was quiet
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
sound property (an attribute of sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quiet"):
hush; still; stillness ((poetic) tranquil silence)
speechlessness (the property of being speechless)
quietness; soundlessness (the property of making no sound)
Meaning:
A disposition free from stress or emotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
serenity; tranquility; placidity; repose; tranquillity; quiet
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
calm; calmness; composure; equanimity (steadiness of mind under stress)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quiet"):
ataraxia (peace of mind)
• QUIET (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
Context examples:
a quiet life / a quiet throng of onlookers / quiet peace-loving people / the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years
Similar:
quiescent (marked by a state of tranquil repose)
relaxing; reposeful; restful (affording or marked by rest or repose)
slumberous; slumbrous (quiet and tranquil)
untroubled (free from turmoil or worries)
Also:
unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)
tame (very restrained or quiet)
Antonym:
unquiet (characterized by unrest or disorder)
Meaning:
Free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
Context examples:
a quiet audience at the concert / the room was dark and quiet
Similar:
tiptoe (walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise)
stilly ((poetic) still or calm)
noiseless (making no sound)
silent; soundless; still (marked by absence of sound)
Also:
soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)
inaudible; unhearable (impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear)
Antonym:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Meaning:
Not showy or obtrusive
Synonyms:
quiet; restrained
Context example:
clothes in quiet good taste
Similar:
unostentatious; unpretending; unpretentious (not ostentatious)
Meaning:
In a softened tone
Synonyms:
subdued; muted; hushed; quiet
Context examples:
hushed voices / muted trumpets / a subdued whisper / a quiet reprimand
Similar:
soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)
Meaning:
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Synonyms:
placid; tranquil; unruffled; still; quiet; smooth
Context examples:
a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay / the quiet waters of a lagoon / a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky / a smooth channel crossing / scarcely a ripple on the still water / unruffled water
Similar:
calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)
Meaning:
Of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Antonym:
active (of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions)
• QUIET (verb)
Meaning:
Become quiet or quieter
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
quiet down; quiet; quiesce; pipe down; quieten; hush
Context example:
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Hypernyms (to "quiet" is one way to...):
change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
tranquillize; tranquillise; tranquilize; still; calm; quieten; quiet; calm down; lull
Context example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Hypernyms (to "quiet" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quiet"):
lull (calm by deception)
compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to quiet Sue
• QUIET (adverb)
Meaning:
With little or no activity or no agitation ('quiet' is a nonstandard variant for 'quietly')
Synonyms:
quiet; quietly
Context examples:
her hands rested quietly in her lap / the rock star was quietly led out the back door / sit here as quiet as you can
