stillness

stillness

noun

Definition of STILLNESS

1

a state of freedom from storm or disturbance <dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon>

Synonyms calmness, hush, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Related Words lull, pause, respite; silence; mildness, soothingness; comity, concord, harmony; casualness, easygoingness, informality, laid-backness, relaxedness

Near Antonyms clamor, din, noise, racket

Antonyms bustle, commotion, hubbub, hurly-burly, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, unquietness, unrest, uproar

2

incapacity for or restraint from speaking <from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived>

Synonyms dumbness, muteness, speechlessness, stillness

Related Words inarticulacy, inarticulateness, voicelessness; reserve, reticence, reticency, taciturnity

Near Antonyms communication, speaking, talking; eloquence, fluency, volubility; chattiness, garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness, talkiness; verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

3

the near or complete absence of sound <the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee>

Synonyms hush, quiet, quietness, quietude, still, stillness

Related Words calm, lull, peace, peacefulness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Near Antonyms babel, blare, bluster, cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, din, hubbub, racket, rattle, roar, tumult, uproar

Antonyms noise, sound, unquietness