Synonyms of shut up

shut up

verb

1

as in to dry up

to stop talking

you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dry up
• hush
• clam up
• quiet (down)
• belt up
• settle (down)
• calm (down)
• cool (down)
• dummy up
• hold one's tongue
• pipe down
• haw
• hem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speak
• talk
• speak out
• speak up
• spout (off)
• talk up
• sound off
• pipe up

2

as in to shush

to stop the noise or speech of

nothing I said would shut them up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shush
• silence
• quiet
• mute
• settle
• dumb
• hush
• extinguish
• still
• quell
• squelch
• quieten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stir
• agitate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shut up

The picture of Cardinals cool, Walker chased down Kyle Schwarber, shut up a rambunctious Philly crowd and introduced himself to a much wider baseball world. — Dan Gelston, AJC.com, 14 July 2026

In one sketch, David as Bell makes the historic first phone call, but the guy on the other end won't shut up. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Dude, just leave — or stay and shut up! — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026

Our early testing has already shown that Siri AI knows when to shut up, and that’s very much by design. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 12 June 2026