SAYING Antonyms

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• become quiet or still; fall silent

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• become quiet or quieter

• wash by removing particles

• run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

• the act of hearing attentively

• a deaf person who is unable to speak

• a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument

• expressed without speech

• unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

• a refusal to speak when expected

• being other than verbal communication

• lacking verbal skill

• involving little use of language

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

• the absence of sound

• a refusal to speak when expected

• the trait of keeping things secret

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

• the property of being speechless

• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

• Silent, not talking.

• Mute, unable to speak for physical or psychological reasons.

• To retract what one has spoken, to unsay.