Thesaurus:make silent

Thesaurus

make silent

English

Verb

Sense: to stop someone or something making noise

Synonyms

• bequiet
• bestill
• damp
• dampen
• dull
• gag (figurative)
• hush
• hush down (informal)
• hush up (informal)
• muffle
• mute    [⇒ thesaurus]
• muzzle (figurative)
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• quiet down
• quieten
• quieten down
• silence    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stifle
• still

Antonyms

• make sound    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• stop talking    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• deaden
• pacify    [⇒ thesaurus]
• produce sensation    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:mute (adjective)
• Thesaurus:silence
• Thesaurus:silent

Further reading

• “581. aphony” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “make silent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.