be quiet
US/biˈkwaɪˌət/
be quiet interjection: remain silent. Sometimes used as a more polite synonym of shut up.
Interjection
- Remain silent. Sometimes used as a more polite synonym of shut up.
- Sultan: I said your name was Rahneesh and that’s it! Now be quiet!2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 30
- Synonyms:
- hush!, silence!, whist!, aunt nell, can it, chut, clam up, hush, keep one's lips sealed, keep one's mouth shut
be quiet meaning in Tamil and Urdu
be quiet in Urdu
- to be quiet, to be silent
- خاموش ہونا
Synonyms of be quiet
- hush!
- silence!
- whist!
- aunt nell
- can it
- chut
- clam up
- hush
- keep one's lips sealed
- keep one's mouth shut
17 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- pipe down
- put a sock in it
- save it
- shh
- shup
- shut the front door
- shut the fuck up
- shut up
- soft
- STFD
- STFU
- SYBAU
- tut
- voices off
- whist
- zip it
- zip one's lip
Origin of be quiet
From be + quiet.
Questions about be quiet
- What does be quiet mean?
- Be quiet means remain silent. Sometimes used as a more polite synonym of shut up.
- What is be quiet in Tamil?
- Be quiet in Tamil is கம். See Be quiet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is be quiet?
- Be quiet is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce be quiet?
- Be quiet is pronounced /biˈkwaɪˌət/ (US).
Words near be quiet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: be quiet (page history and authors); be quiet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خاموش ہونا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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