Synonyms for shut up
shut up

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1. shut upverb

   To terminate (a business).

   Synonyms:
   end, terminate, wind up

   Antonyms:
   start, set up, establish, start up

2. shut upverb

   To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.

   Synonyms:
   lock, seal

   Antonyms:
   release

3. shut upverb

   To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.

   Synonyms:
   stash, lock up

4. shut upverb

   Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.

   Synonyms:
   hush, quieten, shush, silence

5. shut upverb

   I don't believe it!, no way!

   I got accepted to Yale! / Shut up, really? That's awesome!

   Synonyms:
   you dont say, no way, never, get out, yeah right, no

6. shut upverb

   Synonyms:
   close off, seal up

   Antonyms:
   reopen, open up, open

7. shut upverb

   Synonyms:
   silent, put a sock in it, silence, sh, shaddap, shut it, quiet, can it, hush, shush, shut your face, fall, quieten, STFU, st

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pent, shut up(p)verb

   closely confined

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

2. close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mumverb

   refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

   "The children shut up when their father approached"

   Synonyms:
   block, shut away, belt up, hush, button up, dummy, impede, lock away, lock up, hush up, be quiet, still, dummy up, clam up, close up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, put away, lock in, fold, obturate, lock, shut down, quieten, jam, silence, occlude

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

3. lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock upverb

   place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

   "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, lag, discard, seal in, put to sleep, immure, jug, tuck away, jail, toss away, button up, interlace, lock, hush up, cast away, remand, lock up, still, cast aside, put behind bars, close up, dispose, clam up, imprison, put aside, shut away, belt up, cast out, chuck out, toss, throw away, be quiet, mesh, quieten, gaol, fling, dummy up, silence, lock in, keep mum, lock away, operate, tuck in, hush, interlock, put away, engage, incarcerate

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

4. hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush upverb

   cause to be quiet or not talk

   "Please silence the children in the church!"

   Synonyms:
   button up, calm, lock away, put away, ease, sleek over, calm down, quiet down, whitewash, lock, hush up, close up, quieten, quiet, lock up, quiesce, still, tranquillise, pipe down, allay, clam up, keep mum, lull, shut away, relieve, gloss over, be quiet, hush, dummy up, silence, lock in, tranquilize, belt up, tranquillize

   Antonyms:
   unconfined

Matched Categories

1. • Confine
   • Suppress

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shut up

   Synonyms:
   shut, close up

2. shut up

   Synonyms:
   confine, lock up

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How to use shut up in a sentence?

1. Bill Pascrell:

   I think the American people need to know and the Congress need to know, particularly with all of the possibilities of conflict, it’s put up or shut up time. If there’s nothing there, there’s nothing there.

2. Jodie Sweetin:

   Watching the debate and doubling down my conviction to get Jon Cryer the f -- k OUT. 45 is such a f -- king joke #trumppenceoutnow #fdt, joe Biden just told the liar to shut up. This is getting good.

3. Phyllis:

   We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

4. Whoopi Goldberg:

   It looks bad, Bill, either speak up or shut up.

5. William Makepeace Thackeray:

   Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.