be quiet
Hold your tongue
Be quiet is a command to stop talking or making noise.
It ranges from neutral instruction to sharp rebuke depending on tone: Be quiet during the movie.
Parents say it to children; teachers to students; anyone to someone whose noise has become unwelcome.
Would you please be quiet? softens it; Be quiet! sharpens it.
- pipe downCommand to be silent
- shut upDemand for silence
- zip itCommand to stop speaking
- zip your lipCommand to stop talking
- hushAbsence of sound
keep it down · mute · dummy up · silence · whist · button it · put a sock in it · can it · belt up · be silent · stop talking · bite your tongue · settle · clam up · stillness · close up · hold your tongue · calm
be quietspeak up
Talk louder or opine
speak out · raise one's voice · pipe up · stand up · assert oneself
be quietmake a scene
Create public disturbance
raise hell · act up · kick up a fuss · run amok · go wild
quiet, quieted, quietness, quieten, quieting, quieter, quietest, quietude, unquiet