Synonyms

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5. sleepy, sleeping, slumbering, dozing, somnolent, slumberous; sluggish, lethargic, torpid, torpescent; idle, slothful, lazy, indolent, supine, otiose; listless, languid, lackadaisical.
6. uncommunicated, unrevealed, undisclosed, secret, hushed up.
7. deferred, postponed, suspended, abeyant.
-v. 8. silence, still, shush, hush, Chiefly Brit. quieten; lull, calm, tranquilize; pacify, appease, smooth, soothe, compose; repress, suppress, subdue, temper, put down, damp, dampen; chasten, restrain, sober; play down, tone down, Inf soft-pedal; soften, allay, mitigate; ease, assuage, mollify, palliate.
9. moderate, blunt, dull, deaden; decrease, weaken, slacken, lessen, diminish, abate; settle, alleviate, relieve.
10. quell, quench, Inf. squelch; muzzle, stifle, muffle, mute; gag, throttle, choke, strangle, smother; stop, arrest, curb, check, stay, cut off, cut short, prevent, forestall, preclude; interrupt, cut in.

quietly, adv. 1. silently, noiselessly, soundlessly; softly, inaudibly, gently; mutely, dumbly, voicelessly, speechlessly; secretly, clandestinely, uncommunicatively, privately, on the sly.
2. modestly, diffidently, humbly; unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpretentiously, unassumingly; reservedly, demurely, constrainedly.
3. calmly, peaceably, peacefully, pacifically; mildly, meekly, serenely, unexcitedly, composedly, patiently, placidly, sedately, soberly, tranquilly; imperturbably, collectedly, impassively; dispassionately, stoically, indifferently, coolly.

quietude, n. 1. tranquillity, serenity, placidity, calmness, calm; rest, repose, peacefulness, peace, ease; stillness, still, quiescence, quietness, quiet; silence, hush, soundlessness, noiselessness.
2. stagnation, inertia, inactivity, inaction.
3. composure, sang-froid, self-possession, poise, equanimity, self-control, steadiness; self-restraint, stoicism, staidness, sobriety; impassivity, dispassion, coolness, inexcitability.
4. resignation, submission, sufferance, long-suffering; tolerance, toleration, forbearance, longanimity.

quietus, n. 1. finishing stroke, death stroke or blow, final blow, Fr. coup de grace; knockout, knockout blow, SI. sockdolager; end-all, ender, clincher, crusher, stopper, topper, windup; last straw, straw that broke the camel's back, Inf. kibosh.
2. death, demise, decease; end, finish, finis, finale; final curtain, end of the line, end of one's rope.
3. retirement, withdrawal, hibernation; inactivity, inertia, idleness, stagnation; calm, slumber, rest, repose, sleep, dormancy, quiescence.

quill, n. 1. feather, plume, plumelet, pinion, Or-nithol. plumule.
2. hollow spine, prick, ray, spine, Anat., Zool. spina, Zool. shaft, Zool. spicule.
3. pen, writing pen, stylus, nib.

quilt, n. coverlet, counterpane, bedspread, blanket, bedcover, bedquilt; crazy quilt, patchwork quilt; eiderdown, U.S. comforter, puff, Brit. Inf. downy, feather bed.

quintessence, n. 1. quiddity, essence, essential part, essentiality, essentialness, suchness, Metaphys. hypostasis; extract, elixir; pith, heart, core, soul, marrow, backbone, kernel, gist, sum and substance, sum total; life, lifeblood, spirit, truth, purport, verity; tenor, import, drift, sense, significance.
2. perfect embodiment, perfection, cream, paragon, personification, exemplar, pattern, model, nonpareil, beau ideal, prototype, Fr. crime de la creme.