hush up

1. 1.

   cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

   “Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin”

   “She tried to gloss over her mistakes”

   Synonymswhitewashgloss oversleek over

   Broadercover
2. 2.

   cause to be quiet or not talk

   “Please silence the children in the church!”

   Synonymshushquietensilencestillshut up

   Broadersuppress

   Narrowershushlullshout downgag

Questions about hush up

What does hush up mean?

hush up means "cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for hush up?

Close synonyms include whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush, quieten. 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 hush up a common word?

hush up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.