Synonyms of stillness

stillness

noun

1

as in restfulness

a state of freedom from storm or disturbance

dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restfulness
• serenity
• quietness
• sereneness
• quiet
• quietude
• calm
• calmness
• silence
• tranquility
• peacefulness
• peace
• hush
• still
• placidity
• repose
• lull
• respite
• pause
• harmony
• comity
• concord
• informality
• casualness
• mildness
• soothingness
• relaxedness
• easygoingness
• laid-backness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unrest
• bustle
• turmoil
• commotion
• tumult
• hubbub
• noise
• pandemonium
• uproar
• hurly-burly
• din
• clamor
• unquietness
• racket

2

as in silence

incapacity for or restraint from speaking

from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silence
• muteness
• speechlessness
• voicelessness
• inarticulateness
• reticence
• taciturnity
• inarticulacy
• reserve
• reticency

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• communication
• speaking
• talking
• eloquence
• fluency
• volubility
• loquacity
• talkativeness
• garrulousness
• loquaciousness
• wordiness
• verbosity
• talkiness
• chattiness
• windiness
• verboseness

3

as in quietness

the near or complete absence of sound

the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silence
• quietness
• quiet
• still
• quietude
• hush
• lull
• calm
• peace
• tranquility
• peacefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• noise
• tumult
• cacophony
• roar
• chatter
• rattle
• din
• hubbub
• clamor
• racket
• unquietness
• clangor
• uproar
• blare
• bluster
• babel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stillness

Each night, Portia settles upside down beneath its silk abode, alternating prolonged stillness with brief episodes of retinal movements, twitching, and occasional leg curling. — New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026

One or two kids came up to them, but their spooky stillness kept most people away. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

The absolute stillness meant that my ears would be about as helpful as my eyes for the first few hours—longer if the fog remained. — Don J. Dinndorf, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026

In other photographs of Deckard, Vaughan preserves his stillness, his distance, and arch alienation played to perfection by Ford. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

There was, instead, a stillness so enveloping that John Carpenter could have shot a lifetime of movies there. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Near-stillness is one of the hardest things to animate, Anderson pointed out. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

There is stillness, a tenderness, a respect for women and a depth of feeling that is unmistakably his. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Westview Abbey, the grand mausoleum that looms over the back of the property like a castle on a moor, holds the remains of more than 11,000 souls and exudes an air of eerie stillness. — Jim Auchmutey, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026