What is the meaning of quiet?

noun

• A period of calm weather.
  • usage: "there was a lull in the storm"
  • synonyms: lull
• An untroubled state; free from disturbances.
  • synonyms: tranquillity, tranquility
• The absence of sound.
  • usage: "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
  • synonyms: silence
• A disposition free from stress or emotion.
  • synonyms: repose, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility

verb

• Become quiet or quieter.
  • usage: "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
  • synonyms: quieten, hush, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
• Make calm or still.
  • usage: "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
  • synonyms: calm, calm down, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still

adjective

• Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity.
  • usage: "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
• Free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound.
  • usage: "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"
• Not showy or obtrusive.
  • usage: "clothes in quiet good taste"
  • synonyms: restrained
• In a softened tone.
  • usage: "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
  • synonyms: hushed, muted, subdued
• Of a body of water. ( free from disturbance by heavy waves)
  • usage: "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
  • synonyms: placid, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
• Of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e. G..

adverb

• With little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'. )
  • usage: "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"
  • synonyms: quietly