Meanings
verbkeep quiet (third-person singular simple present keeps quiet, present participle keeping quiet, simple past and past participle kept quiet)
present singular third person keeps quiet · participle present keeping quiet · participle past kept quiet · past kept quiet
Synonyms & antonyms
verbrefrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic صَمَتَ
- صَمَتَ (ṣamata)remain silent
Bulgarian мълча́
- мълча́ (mălčá)remain silent
Catalan callar
- callarremain silent
Chinese Mandarin 緘默 /缄默, 沉默
- 緘默 /缄默 (jiānmò)remain silent
- 沉默 (chénmò)remain silent
- 守口如瓶 (shǒukǒurúpíng)refrain from talking about something
Czech mlčet
- mlčetremain silent
Danish tie
- tieremain silent
Dutch zwijgen
- zwijgenremain silent
Estonian vait olema, vaikima
- vait olemaremain silent
- vaikimaremain silent
Finnish olla hiljaa, vaieta
- olla hiljaaremain silent
- vaietaremain silent
- pitää suunsa kiinnirefrain from talking about something
French se taire, garder le silence
- se taireremain silent
- garder le silenceremain silent
German schweigen
- schweigenremain silent
Greek σωπαίνω
- σωπαίνω (sopaíno)remain silent
Hawaiian noho mālie
- noho mālieremain silent
Hebrew שָׁתַק
- שָׁתַק (shaták)remain silent
Hindi चुप रहना
- चुप रहना (cup rahnā)remain silent
Hungarian csendben van, csendes
- csendben vanremain silent
- csendesremain silent
- csendesen vanremain silent
- hallgatremain silent
- csendben maradremain silent
- hallgatrefrain from talking about something
Icelandic þegja
- þegjaremain silent
Italian tacere
- tacereremain silent
Japanese 黙る, 沈黙する
- 黙る (damaru)remain silent
- 沈黙する (chinmoku suru)remain silent
Korean 조용히 하다, 침묵하다
- 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada)remain silent
- 침묵하다 (chimmukhada)remain silent
- 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta)remain silent
Latin taceō
- taceōremain silent
Latvian klusēt
- klusētremain silent
Lithuanian tylėti
- tylėtiremain silent
Māori whakahū
- whakahūremain silent
Norwegian Bokmål tie
- tieremain silent
Polish milczeć
- milczećremain silent
Portuguese ficar quieto, calar-se
- ficar quietoremain silent
- calar-seremain silent
Romanian tăcea
- tăcearemain silent
Russian молча́ть, ума́лчивать
- молча́ть (molčátʹ)remain silent
- ума́лчивать (umálčivatʹ)refrain from talking about something
- ута́ивать (utáivatʹ)refrain from talking about something
- недогова́ривать (nedogovárivatʹ)refrain from talking about something
Slovak mlčať
- mlčaťremain silent
Spanish callar
- callarremain silent
Swedish tiga, hålla tyst
- tigaremain silent
- hålla tystremain silent
Thai นิ่ง, เงียบ
- นิ่ง (nîng)remain silent
- เงียบ (ngîiap)remain silent
- เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m)remain silent
Turkish susmak
- susmakremain silent
Ukrainian мовча́ти
- мовча́ти (movčáty)remain silent
Vietnamese im lặng, lặng thinh
- im lặngremain silent
- lặng thinhremain silent
Welsh tewi
- tewiremain silent
Yiddish שווײַגן
- שווײַגן (shvaygn)remain silent
Cite this entry
APA
keep quiet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20quiet
MLA
“keep quiet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20quiet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keep quiet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20quiet.
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