calm down

Questions about calm down

What does calm down mean?

calm down means "become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for calm down?

Close synonyms include calm, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calm down a common word?

calm down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.