Dictionary Entry
quiet
quiet is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
- 2adjective
Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
- 3adjective
Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
- 4adjective
Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
- 5adjective
Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
- 6adjective
The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
- 7adjective
Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
- 8transitive verb
To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
- 9transitive verb
To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
- 10intransitive verb
To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
- 11noun
a disposition free from stress or emotion
- 12noun
the absence of sound
"he needed silence in order to sleep"
"the street was quiet"
Synonyms
- 13noun
an untroubled state; free from disturbances
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- 14noun
a period of calm weather
"there was a lull in the storm"
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- 15verb
make calm or still
"quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
- 16verb
become quiet or quieter
"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
- 17adjective
of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
- 18adjective
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
"a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"
"the quiet waters of a lagoon"
- 19adjective
in a softened tone
"hushed voices"
"muted trumpets"
- 20adjective
not showy or obtrusive
"clothes in quiet good taste"
Synonyms
- 21adjective
free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
"a quiet audience at the concert"
"the room was dark and quiet"
- 22adjective
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
"a quiet life"
"a quiet throng of onlookers"
- 23adverb
with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
"her hands rested quietly in her lap"
"the rock star was quietly led out the back door"
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