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adjective
without or with little sound
Synonyms: buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, could hear a pin drop, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low-pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo, peaceful, quiescent, quieted, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist
Antonyms: boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy
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adjective
calm, peaceful
Synonyms: collected, contented, docile, fixed, gentle, halcyon, hushed, inactive, isolated, level, meek, mild, motionless, pacific, placid, private, remote, reserved, restful, retired, secluded, secret, sedate, sequestered, serene, shy, smooth, stable, stagnant, still, tranquil, unanxious, undisturbed, unexcited, unfrequented, unruffled, untroubled
Antonyms: agitated, troubled
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adjective
simple, unobtrusive
Synonyms: conservative, homely, inobtrusive, modest, plain, restrained, sober, subdued, tasteful, unassuming, unpretentious
Antonyms: complex, complicated, intricate, obtrusive
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noun
calmness, silence
Synonyms: calm, cessation, dead air, ease, hush, lull, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, stop, termination, tranquillity
Antonyms: clamor, clangor, loudness, noise
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verb
make silent, calm
Synonyms: allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one’s lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soften, soft-pedal, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize
Antonyms: turn up