What does keep quiet mean?

keep quiet means "refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information".

What is another word for keep quiet?

Close synonyms include shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut. 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.

What is the opposite of keep quiet?

The recorded antonyms are talk.

Is keep quiet a common word?

keep quiet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

keep quiet — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
“Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!”
Synonymsshut one's mouth keep one's mouth shut
Antonymstalk

Questions about keep quiet

What does keep quiet mean?: keep quiet means "refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information".
What is another word for keep quiet?: Close synonyms include shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut. 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.

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