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QUIET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition free from stress or emotion
Synonyms:
placidity; quiet; repose; serenity; tranquility; tranquillity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Derivation:
quiet (make calm or still)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The absence of sound
Example:
the street was quiet
Synonyms:
quiet; silence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Derivation:
quiet (become quiet or quieter)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An untroubled state; free from disturbances
Synonyms:
quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
order (established customary state (especially of society))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A period of calm weather
Example:
there was a lull in the storm
Synonyms:
lull; quiet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quiet" is a kind of...):
calmness (an absence of strong winds or rain)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
Classified under:
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 an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Example:
unruffled water
Synonyms:
placid; quiet; smooth; still; tranquil; unruffled
Classified under:
Similar:
calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)
Derivation:
quietness (a state of peace and quiet)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a softened tone
Example:
a quiet reprimand
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not showy or obtrusive
Example:
clothes in quiet good taste
Synonyms:
quiet; restrained
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unostentatious; unpretending; unpretentious (not ostentatious)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
Example:
the room was dark and quiet
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
noiseless (making no sound)
silent; soundless; still (marked by absence of sound)
stilly ((poetic) still or calm)
tiptoe (walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise)
Also:
inaudible; unhearable (impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear)
soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)
Antonym:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Derivation:
quietness (the property of making no sound)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
Example:
the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
quiescent (marked by a state of tranquil repose)
untroubled (free from turmoil or worries)
Also:
unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
peaceable; peaceful (not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war)
tame (very restrained or quiet)
Antonym:
unquiet (characterized by unrest or disorder)
Derivation:
quietness (a state of peace and quiet)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they quiet ... he / she / it quiets
Past simple: quieted
Past participle: quieted
-ing form: quieting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Synonyms:
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize
Classified under:
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
Derivation:
quiet (a disposition free from stress or emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become quiet or quieter
Example:
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Synonyms:
hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "quiet" is one way to...):
change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)
Verb group:
hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
quiet (the absence of sound)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With little or no activity or no agitation ('quiet' is a nonstandard variant for 'quietly')
Example:
sit here as quiet as you can
Synonyms:
quiet; quietly
Classified under:
Context examples:
Mostly in bed; participates in quiet activities.
(Lansky Performance Status 40, NCI Thesaurus)
She was an altered creature, quieted, stupefied, indifferent to everything that passed.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Gets dressed, but lies around much of the day; no active play, able to participate in all quiet play and activities.
(Lansky Performance Status 50, NCI Thesaurus)
However, it seems that Ross 128 is a much quieter star, and so its planets may be the closest known comfortable abode for possible life.
(Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered, ESO)
This star is quiet and very close to us, and therefore much brighter than the host stars of comparable systems.
(NASA’s TESS Mission Scores ‘Hat Trick’ With 3 New Worlds, NASA)
Scientists thought that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes were steady, quiet supporters of their talkative, wire-like neighbors, called neurons.
(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)
We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Located in the constellation Virgo, WASP-39b whips around a quiet, Sun-like star, called WASP-39, once every four days.
(NASA Finds a Large Amount of Water in an Exoplanet's Atmosphere, NASA)
But I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The quiet water had become suddenly angry.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
