Thesaurus:make silent
English
Verb
Sense: to stop someone or something making noise
Synonyms
- bequiet
- bestill
- damp
- dampen
- dull
- gag (figurative)
- hush
- hush down (informal)
- hush up (informal)
- muffle
- mute [⇒ thesaurus]
- muzzle (figurative)
- quiet [⇒ thesaurus]
- quiet down
- quieten
- quieten down
- silence [⇒ thesaurus]
- stifle
- still
Antonyms
- make sound [⇒ thesaurus]
Hyponyms
- stop talking [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
- deaden
- pacify [⇒ thesaurus]
- produce sensation [⇒ thesaurus]
See also
- Thesaurus:mute (adjective)
- Thesaurus:silence
- Thesaurus:silent
Further reading
- “581. aphony” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “make silent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.