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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 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”
(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.