quietness

Other forms of quietness

plural

quietnesses·

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.

Questions about quietness

What does quietness mean?

quietness means "the property of making no sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quietness?

quietness has 3 syllables: qui-et-ness. The stress falls on "qui". In IPA it is /ˈkwaɪətnəs/.

What is another word for quietness?

Close synonyms include soundlessness, tranquillity, tranquility, quietude. 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 quietness a common word?

quietness 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.