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

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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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shut up

   Synonyms:
   shut, close up

2. shut up

   Synonyms:
   confine, lock up

Suggested Resources

1. shut up

   Read the full text of the Shut up poem by Ehsan Sehgal on the Poetry.com website.

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How to use shut up in a sentence?

1. Sitting Bull:

   I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.

2. Ben Stern:

   Shut up! Sit Down!

3. David Zaslav:

   Within the next two years, it's going to be put up or shut up for all of us, can you show you're scaling ? Are you going to be a player in the US ? Are you going to be a player around the world ?

4. Virgilio Neto:

   Shut up, stay home and resign.

5. Saskya Pandita:

   Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.