Thesaurus
:
be quiet
T
hesaurus
be quiet
English
Interjection
Sense: call to remain or become silent
Synonyms
aunt nell
(
Polari
)
be quiet
can it
chut
clam up
hush
keep one's lips sealed
keep one's mouth shut
pipe down
put a sock in it
save it
shh
shup
shut the front door
shut the fuck up
shut up
soft
(interjection)
STFD
STFU
stfu
tut
voices off
whist
zip it
zip one's lip
Hyponyms
keep it in the family
keep counsel
keep one's counsel
keep one's own counsel
keep one's cards close to one's chest
chest one's cards
Various
code of silence
cone of silence
conspiracy of silence
omertà
radio silence
Sicilian code
silence
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
soft
(adv)
softness
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
stillness
wall of silence
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.