quietude

Questions about quietude

What does quietude mean?

quietude means "a state of peace and quiet".

How many syllables are in quietude?

quietude has 3 syllables: qui-e-tude. The stress falls on "qui".

What is another word for quietude?

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

quietude 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.