Synonyms of the word

hush

• v. (intransitive) to become quiet.
• v. (transitive) to make quiet.
• v. (transitive) To appease; to allay; to soothe.
• n. A silence, especially after some noise.
• n. A mining method using water.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

conquer

• v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• v. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
• v. To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
• v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

curb

• n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
• n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
• n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
• n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
• n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
• n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
• v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
• v. (transitive) To rein in.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
• v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
• v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
• v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
• v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

inhibit

• v. to hinder; to restrain.

irrigate

• v. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
• v. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

lave

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
• v. (transitive) To draw, as water; drink in.
• v. (transitive) To give bountifully; lavish.
• v. (intransitive) To run down or gutter, as a candle.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal) To hang or flap down.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To wash.
• n. (archaic or dialectal) The remainder, rest; that which is left, remnant; others.
• n. (dialectal) A crowd.

quiesce

• v. Become quiet or quieter.
• v. To make temporarily inactive or disabled.
• v. (computing, transitive) To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare…

quiet

• adj. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
• adj. Having little motion or activity; calm.
• adj. Not busy, of low quantity.
• adj. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
• adj. Not showy; undemonstrative.
• adj. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
• v. To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
• v. To cause someone to become quiet.
• n. The absence of sound; quietness.
• n. the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
• interj. Be quiet.

quieten

• v. (transitive) To make quiet.
• v. (intransitive) To become quiet.

silence

• n. The lack of any sound.
• n. The act of refraining from speaking.
• n. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
• v. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
• v. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
• interj. A common imperative instructing the addressed to remain silent.

still

• adj. Not moving; calm.
• adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
• adj. Uttering no sound; silent.
• adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time.
• adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
• adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
• adv. Without motion.
• adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
• adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
• adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
• adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
• adv. (extensive) Even, yet.
• n. A period of calm or silence.
• n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
• n. A steep hill or ascent.
• n. a device for distilling liquids.
• n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
• n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
• n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
• v. to calm down, to quiet.
• v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
• v. To cause to fall by drops.
• v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

stillness

• n. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
• n. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

subdue

• v. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
• v. To bring (a country) under control by force.

suppress

• v. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
• v. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
• v. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
• v. To prevent publication.
• v. To stop a flow or stream.
• v. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
• v. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
• v. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

wash

• v. To clean with water.
• v. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
• v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing…
• v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
• v. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
• v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
• v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
• v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
• v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream,…
• v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
• v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
• v. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide,…
• v. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying…
• n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
• n. A liquid used for washing.
• n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
• n. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and…
• n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
• n. The wake of a moving ship.
• n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
• n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
• n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
• n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest…
• n. A shallow body of water.
• n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo…
• n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which…
• n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used…
• n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
• n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
• n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
• n. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
• n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles,…
• n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
• n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure…

water

• n. (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear…
• n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements…
• n. (often in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
• n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
• n. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective…
• n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
• n. (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
• n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
• n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
• v. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
• v. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
• v. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
• v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
• v. (transitive) To dilute.
• v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
• v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
• v. (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines;…