quiet
Synonyms:
(adj) arcadian, calm, hushed, peaceful, placid, restful, serene, still, stilly, tranquil, unmoving.
(verb) calm (down), chill out [slang], cool, hush, lull, pipe down, settle (down), silence, soothe, still.
(adverb) motionlessly, quietly, still.
(noun) calm, calmness, hush, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility).
Related Words:
gentle, mild, modest, muted, peaceful, placid, private, reticent, secluded, sedate, serene, shy, silent, smooth, sober, soft, stable, subdued, tranquil, unassuming,
Antonyms:
(adj) active, boisterous, clamorous, clattery, deafening, loud, noisy, perturbed, raucous, rip-roaring, roistering, romping, rowdy, tumultuous, unquiet, uproarious, woolly (also wooly).
(verb) act up, carry on, cut up.
(noun) bustle, commotion, disturbance, hubbub, hurly-burly, noise, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, unquietness, unrest, uproar.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Still, quiet, hushed, noiseless, and silent indicate the absence of noise and of excitement or activity accompanied by sound.
Still indicates the absence of sound or movement:
The house was still.
Quiet implies relative freedom from noise, activity, or excitement:
a quiet engine; a quiet vacation.
Hushed implies the suppression of sound or noise:
a hushed whisper.
Noiseless and silent characterize that which does not reveal its presence or movement by any sound:
a noiseless footstep; silent dissent.
Origin:
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (see quiescent); (v.) Middle English quieten, partly derivative of the adj., partly <Late Latin quiētāre, derivative of quiētus.Cf. coy. Noun: 1300–50; Middle English quiet(e) (<Middle French quiete) <Latin quiēt- (stem of quiēs) rest, peace; akin to quiēscere (see quiescent). Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere to rest, from quiēs repose, rest. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of quiet: Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 14th century. Adverb: 1573. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for quiet: Noun: Middle English quiet, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiēt-, quiēs "repose, sleep, rest, peaceful conditions," going back to Indo-European *kwi̯eh1-ti-, noun derivative of a verbal base *kwi̯eh1- "have a rest," whence Avestan š́iiā- "be glad," Old Church Slavic počijǫ, počiti "to have a rest" (causative pokojǫ, pokoiti "to calm, quiet"), Armenian hangeaw "has rested," and (from deverbal *kwi̯eh1-to-) Avestan š́iiāta- "peaceful, happy," Old Persian šiyāta-, Latin quiētus "at rest, quiet entry 2". Adjective: Middle English quyet, quyete, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French & Middle French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiētus "at rest, inactive, peaceful" — more at quiet entry 1. Adverb: derivative of quiet entry 2. Verb: Middle English quieten, borrowed from Late Latin quiētāre "to become quiet, make quiet, put to rest," derivative of Latin quiētus "at rest, quiet entry 2". —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
(adj) arcadian, calm, hushed, peaceful, placid, restful, serene, still, stilly, tranquil, unmoving.
(verb) calm (down), chill out [slang], cool, hush, lull, pipe down, settle (down), silence, soothe, still.
(adverb) motionlessly, quietly, still.
(noun) calm, calmness, hush, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility).
Related Words:
gentle, mild, modest, muted, peaceful, placid, private, reticent, secluded, sedate, serene, shy, silent, smooth, sober, soft, stable, subdued, tranquil, unassuming,
Antonyms:
(adj) active, boisterous, clamorous, clattery, deafening, loud, noisy, perturbed, raucous, rip-roaring, roistering, romping, rowdy, tumultuous, unquiet, uproarious, woolly (also wooly).
(verb) act up, carry on, cut up.
(noun) bustle, commotion, disturbance, hubbub, hurly-burly, noise, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, unquietness, unrest, uproar.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Still, quiet, hushed, noiseless, and silent indicate the absence of noise and of excitement or activity accompanied by sound.
Still indicates the absence of sound or movement:
The house was still.
Quiet implies relative freedom from noise, activity, or excitement:
a quiet engine; a quiet vacation.
Hushed implies the suppression of sound or noise:
a hushed whisper.
Noiseless and silent characterize that which does not reveal its presence or movement by any sound:
a noiseless footstep; silent dissent.
Origin:
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (see quiescent); (v.) Middle English quieten, partly derivative of the adj., partly <Late Latin quiētāre, derivative of quiētus.Cf. coy. Noun: 1300–50; Middle English quiet(e) (<Middle French quiete) <Latin quiēt- (stem of quiēs) rest, peace; akin to quiēscere (see quiescent). Dictionary 2: C14: from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere to rest, from quiēs repose, rest. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of quiet: Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 14th century. Adverb: 1573. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for quiet: Noun: Middle English quiet, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiēt-, quiēs "repose, sleep, rest, peaceful conditions," going back to Indo-European *kwi̯eh1-ti-, noun derivative of a verbal base *kwi̯eh1- "have a rest," whence Avestan š́iiā- "be glad," Old Church Slavic počijǫ, počiti "to have a rest" (causative pokojǫ, pokoiti "to calm, quiet"), Armenian hangeaw "has rested," and (from deverbal *kwi̯eh1-to-) Avestan š́iiāta- "peaceful, happy," Old Persian šiyāta-, Latin quiētus "at rest, quiet entry 2". Adjective: Middle English quyet, quyete, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French & Middle French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiētus "at rest, inactive, peaceful" — more at quiet entry 1. Adverb: derivative of quiet entry 2. Verb: Middle English quieten, borrowed from Late Latin quiētāre "to become quiet, make quiet, put to rest," derivative of Latin quiētus "at rest, quiet entry 2". —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.