quiet is on the Basic English 850 List.
quick - quiet - quite
quiet is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
quid - quiet - quite

Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
quiet

Comparative
quieter

Superlative
quietest

  1. Not loud; making no sound or making very little sound.
    This young person is very quiet now because she is reading a book.
    You should be quiet in a library or a movie theater.

Related words and phrases change

Notes change

Sometimes quiet is confused with "quite."

Verb change

Plain form
quiet

Third-person singular
quiets

Past tense
quieted

Past participle
quieted

Present participle
quieting

  1. To calm or soften, as a sound.
    She quieted the cries of her baby.
  2. To remove, allay.
    The manager quieted their protest with a few words.
    Her presence quiets his fears.

Noun change

Singular
quiet

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable) A calm or not noisy time or place.
    You like the quiet.