Synonyms and antonyms of Ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quiet in British Thesaurus

be quiet ()

used for telling someone to stop talking or to stop making a noise

keep your voice down ()

used for telling someone to be quiet

shh (interjection)

used for telling someone to stop talking or to be less noisy

sh (interjection)

used for telling someone to be quiet

shush (interjection)

used for telling someone, especially a child, to be quiet. This word is often used instead of a stronger word such as shut up.

zip it ()

used to tell someone rudely to stop speaking

keep down ()

to make a noise less loud

ssh (interjection)

used for telling someone to stop talking or making a noise

pipe down ()

used for telling someone to stop talking or to make less noise

hush (verb)

spoken used for telling someone to be quiet

button/zip your lip ()

used for rudely telling someone not to say anything

can it ()

used for rudely telling someone to stop talking

chup (interjection)

Indian English used for telling someone to be quiet

hold your tongue (old-fashioned)

old-fashioned used for telling someone not to speak

hush up (spoken)

spoken used for telling someone to be quiet

keep your mouth shut ()

an offensive way of telling someone not to talk about something

keep your trap shut ()

used for telling someone rudely to keep something secret

leave it out (British)

Britishspoken for telling someone to stop saying something

mind your own business ()

used for telling someone rudely that you are not going to tell them about something because it does not affect or involve them

put a sock in it ()

used for telling someone in a rude way to be quiet

put up or shut up (informal)

informal used for telling someone that they should either deal with something or stop talking about doing it

save your breath ()

used for telling someone that it is useless to continue talking

shut it ()

an offensive way of telling someone to stop talking

shut your mouth/face/trap/gob ()

an offensive way of telling someone to stop talking

that will do ()

used for telling someone, especially a child, to stop talking or behaving badly

watch your tongue ()

used for saying that someone is being rude and should not say any more

(will you) belt up (British)

Britishimpolite used for telling someone to be quiet