Word.ws English Dictionary

quieted

quieted is the simple past and past participle of quiet.

Meaning of quiet

Verb

quiet (third-person singular simple present quiets, present participle quieting, simple past and past participle quieted)

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
    • Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.
    Synonyms:
    quiet down, quieten
  2. (intransitive) To become quiet or calm.
    • When you quiet, we can start talking.
    Synonyms:
    quiet down, quieten

See all 12 meanings of quiet

Phrases with quieted

Questions about quieted

What is quieted the simple past and past participle of?
Quieted is the simple past and past participle of quiet.

Words near quieted in the dictionary

  1. quiet-quitted
  2. quiet-quitting
  3. quietage
  4. quietcation
  5. quietcations
  6. quieted
  7. quieted down
  8. quieten
  9. quieten down
  10. quietened
  11. quietened down

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: quieted (page history and authors); quiet (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “quieted.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/quieted. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.