Synonyms for hush up
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Hush — to become quiet; to cease making sounds
hush, still, shut-up, quiet down US, silence, stifle, hush down, quieten down UK, quieten UK IE
2. Gloss over
Definitions
- v. 1
To become quiet; to cease making sounds.
Hush up now; you have talked too much.
- v. 2
To silence.
Some people say he knew too much and they killed him to hush him up.
Example sentences
- silence We were awed into silence when we heard the story.
- hush Many politicians are believed to accept hush money.
- stifle Sami stuffed a bag inside Layla's mouth to stifle her.
By length
- 4 letters
- hush1
- 5 letters
- still1
- 6 letters
- stifle2
- 7 letters
- silence2, quieten
- 9 letters
- whitewash2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stifle2 = 2 syllables).