quiets

Makes less loud

Quiets is used in two main ways.

As a verb, it means to make or become silent or calm: She quiets the baby with a lullaby, The crowd quiets when the conductor raises the baton.

Less commonly, quiets appears as a plural noun for moments or states of stillness: the quiets between storms.

calms

soothes

Gently relieves distress

hushesMakes quiet or calm
stillsFrozen film moments
settlesComes to rest

pacifies · lulls · silences · tranquilizes · subdues · mollifies · appeases · placates · gentles · steadies

suppresses

silences

Stops from speaking

mufflesSuppresses sound
stiflesSuppresses or restrains
squelchesForcibly silences or suppresses

quashes · quells · dampens · smothers · mutes · deadens · censors · shushes · gags · represses

diminishes

subsides

Diminishes in intensity

dies downGradually becomes less intense
fadesGrows gradually weaker
wanesDecreases gradually

abates · lessens · ebbs · tapers · dwindles · recedes · softens · lets up · slackens · moderates

Categories

settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
shut downturns off, powers down, deactivates, switches off, kills

Opposites

sound/noise level

quietsamplifies

Increases strength or volume

blares · blasts · turns up · cranks up · booms

emotional/psychological state

Provokes unrest or motion

disturbs · disquiets · upsets · unsettles · excites

activity/motion

quietsstirs

Blends by circling

rouses · activates · animates · energizes · galvanizes

Phrases

be quietCease making noise
peace and quietFreedom from disturbance
keep quietRemain silent
quiet downBecome less noisy
quiet as a mouseExtremely silent
keeping quietRemaining silent

Family

quiet, quieted, quietness, disquiet, quieting, quieter, quiet down, disquieting, quietest

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Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G