Emotions
Synonyms for quiet
Synonyms for quiet: still, hushed and lull. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for quiet
Interchangeable with quiet, one per sense
Audited under quiet's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one quiet carries in that sense.
- stilladjective, in the sense "free from disturbance by heavy waves"
- hushedadjective, in the sense "in a softened tone"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name quiet as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- lulllull is a noun in the sense "a period of calm weather"
two of these come from quiet's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
free from disturbance by heavy waves
The quiet waters of a lagoon.
quiet in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The fishermen sailed out early, glad to find the bay quiet after days of rough weather.
- Beyond the harbor wall, the sea stayed quiet even as the wind picked up along the coast.
How it behaves: In this sense, quiet typically modifies nouns for bodies of water such as waters, sea, or bay, appearing attributively before the noun in descriptive prose.
The true synonym
still
Same sentence, swapped: The still waters of a lagoon.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- restrained
- subdued
- sweet
Opposites, in this sense
rough, choppy and turbulent reverse quiet as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of quiet takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- rough
- choppy
- turbulent
in a softened tone
A quiet reprimand.
The true synonym
hushed
Same sentence, swapped: A hushed reprimand.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- sweet
- choice
- light
Where quiet turns up in the game
quiet is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where quiet is the trap
- choicenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is option, in the sense "one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen", with quiet sitting one tile away.
- festiveadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is cheerful, in the sense "cheerful and celebratory in mood", and quiet is one of the three tiles that lose.
- packedadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is crowded, in the sense "completely filled with people", and quiet is one of the three tiles that lose.
- discordantadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jarring, in the sense "of sounds: harsh and unpleasant because not in harmony", so quiet is there to be ruled out.
Play quiet
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so quiet reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because emotions is the company quiet keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. quiet carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.