simmer down

Questions about simmer down

What does simmer down mean?

simmer down means "become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation".

What is another word for simmer down?

Close synonyms include calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, settle down. 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 simmer down a common word?

simmer down 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.