| Noun | 1. | quiet - a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"calmness - an absence of strong winds or rain | |
| 2. | quiet - an untroubled state; free from disturbancesorder - established customary state (especially of society); "order ruled in the streets"; "law and order" | |
| 3. | quiet - the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" | |
| 4. | quiet - a disposition free from stress or emotion | |
| Verb | 1. | quiet - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" | |
| 2. | quiet - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"lull - calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security" compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" reassure, assure - cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe" | |
| Adj. | 1. | quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"unagitated - not agitated or disturbed emotionally peaceful - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" tame - very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed" unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" | |
| 2. | quiet - free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"inaudible, unhearable - impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation" soft - of sound; relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music" noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog" | |
| 3. | quiet - not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste" | |
| 4. | quiet - in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"soft - of sound; relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music" | |
| 5. | quiet - without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times"uneventful - marked by no noteworthy or significant events; "an uneventful life"; "the voyage was pleasant and uneventful"; "recovery was uneventful" | |
| 6. | quiet - free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"calm - (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" | |
| 7. | quiet - of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole active - of the sun; characterized by a high level activity in sunspots and flares and radio emissions | |
| Adv. | 1. | quiet - with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can" | |