QUIETS Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

quiets

verb

present tense third-person singular of quiet

as in cools

to become still and orderly the museum docent told the rowdy youngsters to quiet down for the tour

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as in calms

to free from distress or disturbance quiet a crying toddler with candy

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as in shushes

to stop the noise or speech of the nanny could quiet unruly children with just a look

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Recent Examples of quiets One of the chiefs, Joseph Pawnee-no-pashe (also known as Governor Joe), quiets him. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026 Thursday's layoffs data showed that the four-week moving average of jobless claims, which quiets some of the week-to-week noise, fell by 2,500 to 222,000. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Nourishing your body quiets your mind and eases fear. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026 Ozempic quiets this noise for a lot of people. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Your intellect quiets the naysayers. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 29 May 2026 Stress lights up the brain’s threat circuits in the amygdala and quiets the prefrontal cortex — the region responsible for reasoning and self-control. — Big Think, 4 May 2026 Toward the end of 2026’s Sparkling Wine & Oyster Celebration, when the last oyster is gone and the sparkling wine has softened to its final fizz, the barn at Campovida quiets enough to hear winter wind moving through the rafters. — Audrey T. Williams, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 Add in ice cubes one at a time, and turn off the unit when the loud grinding quiets, after just a few seconds. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026

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Interlune’s system cools the gas down to near absolute zero, using cryogenic distillation to fractionate the two isotopes.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
One explanation suggests supermassive black holes push away gas, starving themselves as predicted, but also that this matter eventually cools and falls back to the black hole.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of cools

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Nothing soothes the soul quite like the sun and sand — and, for some people, a giant shade canopy, indoor couch and a table decked out with flatware and a fancy meal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Though more popular for your skin, when applied to your scalp and strands, the ingredient sloughs off buildup, soothes irritation, reduces dandruff, and controls oil production.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 5 July 2026

Definition of soothes

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The comforting whistle of air sweeping in and out of my velvet horse nostrils lulls me right to sleep.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
By stop-starting Gvardiol — a trick that lulls defenders into a false sense of security — and then faking to go one way and then the other, Messi found space where there seemed to be none and set up Julian Alvarez for Argentina’s third goal.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of lulls

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Using a vegetable peeler, shave a modest amount of Parmesan onto a plate (a mound of grated Parmesan may look impressive, but all that clumpy cheese mutes the dressing).

— Sue Li, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 June 2026
Canned water chestnuts are blanched before packing, which mutes their flavor slightly but preserves their crispness.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026