keeping quiet
Not saying anything
Keeping quiet means staying silent or refraining from speaking.
It can be simple restraint—not talking during a movie—or deliberate concealment: She's keeping quiet about what she saw.
The phrase often implies withholding information that others might want to know, sometimes under pressure or for self-protection.
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- hushedReduced to silence
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- shushCommand for silence
secretive · under wraps · tight-lipped · lips sealed · mum · stillness · hush · suppressed · buttoned up · stifled · discreet · taciturn · reserved · holding back · biting tongue · zipped lips · concealing · subdued
- silencesilent, mute, hush, stillness, muted
- suppressionrepression, inhibition, restraint, silencing, muzzling
- staying hiddenhiding, disappearing
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
- Tactful Speechtact, discretion, diplomacy, measured speech, word choice
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
keeping quietspeaking up
Voicing your thoughts
shouting · yelling · talking · speaking out · breaking silence
keeping quietblurting out
Impulsive verbal release
spilling the beans · revealing · disclosing · speaking up · divulging
keeping quietspeaking one's mind
Expressing honest opinions openly
making a scene · acting out · flying off the handle · making waves · raising hell
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