Synonyms of the word quietus


QUIETUSDEATH - REST - SLEEP

quietus

  • n. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity; especially: death.
  • n. Final settlement (as of a debt).

death

  • n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent…
  • n. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  • n. (the death) The collapse or end of something.

rest

  • n. (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  • n. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  • n. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  • n. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state…
  • n. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
  • n. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  • n. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  • n. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
  • n. (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the…
  • n. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  • n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  • n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  • n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  • n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals…
  • n. (dated) A set or game at tennis.
  • v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without…
  • v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
  • v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding,…
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
  • v. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  • v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
  • v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
  • n. (uncountable) That which remains.
  • n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  • n. (Britain, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the…
  • v. (obsolete) To remain.
  • v. (obsolete) To arrest.

sleep

  • v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
  • v. (intransitive) (Of a spinning top or a yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
  • v. (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
  • v. (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
  • v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  • v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  • v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated;…
  • v. (computing, intransitive) to wait for a period of time without performing any action.
  • n. (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
  • n. (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
  • n. (uncountable) Rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification…
  • n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and…

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