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. J. B. Yeats:

   Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint.

2. 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.

3. Chris Hemsworth:

   Back when I was still on the soap, I became incredibly insecure and full of anxiety because I didn't know if I was any good. I spent years being angsty, constantly telling people I wasn't just part of a soap opera, that I was a real artist, and I remember Luke sort of snapping, telling me to shut up, that he was sick of hearing it.

4. Laura Ingraham:

   Every day the barbarity of the Left’s COVID lockdowns and school closures becomes more apparent, the great global resetters who love to see us shut in and shut up were fine seeing our economy destroyed – and even turning kids into screaming zombies.

5. Thomas Markle:

   I dont want anything from Meghan or Harry but Im not going to shut up until the whole truth is out there. I will continue to contradict anything said about me that isnt true, i have to stand up for myself. Im going to carry on speaking and Im not going to shut up. No father deserves this kind of abuse when hes been that good to his daughter. Ask anyone who knows us both. Ive been very kind and generous to my daughter.