to keep quiet

Examples

• All

• You need to keep quiet during the movie so others can enjoy it.

• I decided to keep quiet because I know he doesn't have a good view of me.

• You will keep quiet and never talk to the other girls.

  As a Prelude to Fear (2022)

• Use the shop at night, and keep quiet.

  The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

• But you have got to keep quiet.

  Toy Story 2 (1999)

• Do yourself a favor and keep quiet.

  The Negotiator (1998)

• So her father offered her ten dollars if she could keep quiet for a week.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "If she says anything about it, just keep quiet and let me do the talking," she told them.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The soldiers who knew what had happened kept quiet out of fear.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We cannot keep quiet about climate injustice.

Synonyms

B

to be quiet

vsto keep quiet

231 1.0

To stop making noise or talking

focuses more on not revealing information as well as simple silence

K

to keep one's mouth shut

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

116 5.6

To say nothing to avoid trouble or keep a secret

is the neutral, polite way to stay silent or not tell facts

K

to keep a secret

vsto keep quiet

76 2.6

To not tell anyone private information

emphasizes silence in general, not only protecting particular confidential facts

H

to hush

vsto keep quiet

33 3.4

Make a person or thing quiet so others stop making noise

means choosing silence oneself or withholding facts instead of making others stop

M

mum's the word

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

5 8.2

Keep quiet about a secret

is the ordinary phrase used to stay silent or not tell things

S

to shut one's mouth

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

4 4.4

To stop talking to keep a secret or when told to be quiet

is the neutral way to stay silent or not share private information

K

to keep mum

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

3 7.5

Stay quiet about something private

is the general phrase for staying silent or not revealing information

K

to keep shtum

vsto keep quiet

• Slang

1 9.9

To stay silent on purpose to avoid trouble

is the neutral expression for staying silent rather than explaining

K

to keep one's cakehole shut

vsto keep quiet

• Offensive

9.9

Not say anything or tell other people

is the polite neutral option for remaining silent or not revealing facts

B

to button one's lip

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

7.2

To keep quiet on purpose and not tell others

is the broader everyday way to remain silent or not disclose information

Z

to zip someone's lip

vsto keep quiet

• Informal

8.4

To keep quiet and not tell others about something

is the personal choice to stay silent rather than forcing someone else

Antonyms

S

to speak

∞ 1.0

To talk with someone to share thoughts or feelings

R

to reveal

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

T

to talk

• Informal

435 6.1

Tell secrets or private facts because of pressure

How Quiet

to keep one's mouth shut

• Informal

116 5.6

to keep quiet

90 2.5

to be quiet

231 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology