Synonyms of hushing

hushing

verb

present participle of hush

1

as in cooling

to become still and orderly

the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooling
• quieting
• settling (down)
• calming (down)
• cooling it
• relaxing
• chilling out
• drying up
• piping down
• unwinding
• tranquilizing
• zoning out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carrying on
• cutting up
• acting up
• showing off
• fooling around
• horsing around
• clowning (around)
• skylarking
• monkeying (around)

2

as in quieting (down)

to stop talking

the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quieting (down)
• drying up
• hemming
• clamming up
• dummying up
• settling (down)
• cooling (down)
• shutting up
• calming (down)
• belting up
• piping down
• holding one's tongue
• hawing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speaking
• talking
• speaking out
• spouting (off)
• speaking up
• sounding off
• talking up
• piping up

3

as in shushing

to stop the noise or speech of

he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shushing
• silencing
• quieting
• muting
• settling
• stilling
• dumbing
• quelling
• extinguishing
• squelching
• quietening
• shutting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirring
• agitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hushing

Nelson remembers hushing her foster children back to sleep that night and calling 911, anxious for an end to those sleepless nights. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

If you’re used to traditional decluttering strategies that focus on sorting and purging, house hushing might feel strange. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026

There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house. — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025

Unfortunately, the austerity and elegance of the downstairs dining room acts as a dampener, hushing the salad’s brashness and sapping much of the fun. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025