Thesaurus:be quiet

Thesaurus

be quiet

English

Interjection

Sense: call to remain or become silent

Synonyms

• aunt nell (Polari)
• be quiet
• can it
• chut
• clam up
• hush
• pipe down
• put a sock in it
• save it
• shh
• shup
• shut the front door
• shut up
• silence    [⇒ thesaurus]
• soft    [⇒ thesaurus]
• STFU
• tut
• voices off
• whist
• zip it

See also

• Thesaurus:stop talking
• Thesaurus:quiet

Further reading

• “403. silence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “be quiet” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.