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

At breakfast, Victor won’t shut up about Tomica being a Traitor. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Georgia Tech won its game with undefeated Duke by (ahem) shutting up and getting better during the bye week. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Turning paying ticket buyers into political punching bags and telling colleagues to shut up is terrible business and toxic for basketball. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

These days we are surrounded by ghosts and gossamer visions vying for our attention, trying to tell us something vital—or as mundane as to shut up already, like in my case. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026