Synonyms of hushes

hushes

verb

present tense third-person singular of hush

1

as in cools

to become still and orderly

the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cools
• quiets
• settles (down)
• calms (down)
• relaxes
• cools it
• chills out
• pipes down
• dries up
• unwinds
• tranquilizes
• tranquillizes
• zones out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carries on
• cuts up
• acts up
• shows off
• horses around
• fools around
• monkeys (around)
• clowns (around)
• skylarks

2

as in quiets (down)

to stop talking

the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quiets (down)
• clams up
• dries up
• belts up
• holds one's peace
• cools (down)
• settles (down)
• hems
• shuts up
• calms (down)
• pipes down
• dummies up
• haws
• holds one's tongue

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speaks
• talks
• speaks out
• speaks up
• pipes up
• spouts (off)
• sounds off
• talks up

3

as in shushes

to stop the noise or speech of

he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shushes
• silences
• quiets
• mutes
• settles
• extinguishes
• stills
• quells
• squelches
• quietens
• dumbs
• shuts up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirs
• agitates