Synonyms for shut up

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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 mum(verb)

   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 up(verb)

   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 up(verb)

   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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shut up(verb)

   To terminate (a business).

   Synonyms:
   wind up, terminate, end

   Antonyms:
   start, establish, set up, start up

2. shut up(verb)

   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 up(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   lock up, stash

4. shut up(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   hush, quieten, shush, silence

5. shut up(verb)

   I don't believe it!, no way!

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

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

6. shut up(verb)

   Synonyms:
   close off, seal up

   Antonyms:
   reopen, open up, open

7. shut up(verb)

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

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. Kimberley Boggus:

   The party that tells women to sit down and shut up is not supposed to be the Democratic Party, … I may not be refined, but I’m real. The polished turds that they continue to shove down our throats as politicians are still turds.

2. Carrejo Labendeira:

   I only recall them ever telling us to shut up and be quiet.

3. Philippe Lamberts:

   They should shut up and put up with it. It’s not a question of profits, it’s about health, it’s about the rule of law.

4. Virgilio Neto:

   Shut up, stay home and resign.

5. Rudy Giuliani:

   They should render their report. Put up -- I mean I guess if we were playing poker( you would say)' Put up or shut up.' What do you got ? we have every reason to believe they don't have anything of the President doing anything wrong. I don't think they have any evidence he did anything wrong.

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