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say it: KWAHY-uht
quiet is an adjective, noun, verb and adverb meaning "characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity". It is pronounced /ˈkwaɪət/ — KWAHY-uht. It carries 13 recorded senses.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
“a quiet life”
“a quiet throng of onlookers”
“quiet peace-loving people”
“the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years”
free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
“a quiet audience at the concert”
“the room was dark and quiet”
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
“a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay”
“the quiet waters of a lagoon”
“a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky”
“a smooth channel crossing”
“scarcely a ripple on the still water”
“unruffled water”
(of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
astronomy
an untroubled state; free from disturbances
the absence of sound
“he needed silence in order to sleep”
“the street was quiet”
a disposition free from stress or emotion
make calm or still
“quiet the dragons of worry and fear”
with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
“her hands rested quietly in her lap”
“the rock star was quietly led out the back door”
“sit here as quiet as you can”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for quiet come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.