quieter

Adjective

quiet (comparative quieter or more quiet, superlative quietest or most quiet)

1. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
   • I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.

   Synonyms:

   hushed, muffled

   Antonyms:

   loud, blaring, blasting, booming, cacophonous, clangorous, clamorous, clattering, deafening, dinsome

2. Having little motion or activity; calm.
   • the sea was quiet

   Synonyms:

   placid, serene, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable

3. Not busy, of low quantity.
   • The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.

   Synonyms:

   slow, unbusy, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, hibernating, idle

4. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
   • He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers.

   Synonyms:

   reticent, taciturn, unloquacious, untalkative, reserved, silent, silentious

   Antonyms:

   garrulous, prolix, chattering, chattery, chatty, effusive, gabby, gobby, logorrheic, long-winded

5. Not showy; undemonstrative.
   • a quiet dress

   Synonyms:

   modest, plain, simple, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish

6. Requiring little or no interaction.
   • a quiet install

   Synonyms:

   silent, unattended

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