Synonyms of shutting up

shutting up

verb

present participle of shut up

1

as in drying up

to stop talking

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in shushing

to stop the noise or speech of

nothing I said would shut them up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirring
• agitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shutting up

Talk is cheap, but today the automaker put up instead of shutting up by revealing a new Nissan Z concept with a factory T-top, a feature that vanished from sports cars over two decades ago. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026

The audience is there in the flesh, shutting up and paying attention to your talent. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

The core Mom skills — listening, caring, advising; maybe a little nagging, maybe shutting up — never go away. — Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026

And this team is taking a particular delight in shutting up and shutting down their rivals. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026

Sky News is shutting up shop on its dedicated business show after more than a decade. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025