quiet as a mouse
Making no noise
Quiet as a mouse describes someone or something making very little noise, emphasizing stillness or stealth.
Mice move silently to avoid predators, making them a natural image for unobtrusive quietness: The children were quiet as a mouse while their father napped.
Often used to describe well-behaved children or someone trying not to be noticed.
Absence of sound
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- noiselessProducing no sound
- inaudibleCannot be heard
still · mute · hushed · soft · gentle · tiptoe · breathless · padded
Stealthily deceptive
- furtiveSecretive and sly
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- tiptoeWalk on foot-fronts
- undetectedNot discovered yet
unnoticed · inconspicuous · unobtrusive · catlike · ninja · prowling · skulking · slinking
Reserved and retiring
- meekHumbly unassertive
- bashfulUncomfortably self-conscious
- demureModestly reserved in manner
- timorousShowing nervous apprehension
withdrawn · unassuming · self-effacing · shrinking · wallflower · diffident · introverted · nervous
hush
Absence of sound
inaudible · still · mute · hushed · soft · gentle · tiptoe · breathless · padded · muffled
sneaky
Stealthily deceptive
undetected · unnoticed · inconspicuous · unobtrusive · catlike · ninja · prowling · skulking · slinking · padding
shy
Reserved and retiring
timorous · withdrawn · unassuming · self-effacing · shrinking · wallflower · diffident · introverted · nervous · frightened
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
- silence commandshush, shh, shush, shut up, pipe down
quiet as a mousedeafening
Overwhelmingly loud
ear-splitting · thunderous · blaring · booming · roaring
quiet as a mouselike a bull in a china shop
Recklessly clumsy in delicate settings
heavy-footed · clomping · thundering · trampling · lumbering
quiet as a mouseboisterous
Noisily cheerful and energetic
brash · outspoken · gregarious · bombastic · larger than life
quiet, quieter, quietest, quietly, quietness, quietude, quieten, quietened, quietening