quell

The word “quell” has 1 syllable: quell

It's pronounced as /kwɛl/


What is synonym and antonym for quell?

In the thesaurus, “quell” has 71 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quell along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quell

  • allay
  • annihilate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • check
  • compose
  • conquer
  • crush
  • deaden
  • decimate
  • demolish
  • desolate
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • dominate
  • douse
  • dowse
  • dull
  • dumb
  • ease
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • hush
  • hush up
  • kill
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollify
  • mute
  • nuke
  • obliterate
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • pacify
  • put down
  • put out
  • put the lid on
  • quash
  • quench
  • quiet
  • quieten
  • reduce
  • repress
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • settle
  • shush
  • shut down
  • shut up
  • silence
  • sit on
  • slap down
  • smash
  • smother
  • soothe
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stamp out
  • stifle
  • still
  • stop
  • strangle
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suppress
  • throttle
  • vanquish
  • waste
  • wipe out
  • wreck

Antonyms for quell

  • abet
  • advance
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • aid
  • annoy
  • assist
  • back
  • begin
  • build up
  • compliment
  • cultivate
  • disturb
  • encourage
  • foment
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • help
  • incite
  • increase
  • instigate
  • intensify
  • irritate
  • liberate
  • lose
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • perturb
  • praise
  • promote
  • prop up
  • provoke
  • release
  • start
  • stir
  • strengthen
  • succeed
  • support
  • surrender
  • upset
  • win
  • worry
  • worsen
  • yield

Meanings of quell

  • noun
    1. A subduing.
    2. A source, especially a spring.
    3. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.
  • verb
    1. To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
    2. To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
    3. To kill.
    4. To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
    5. To die.

Example Sentences

  • The police worked to quell the riot before it escalated further.
  • She tried to quell her nerves before going on stage.
  • His authoritative voice helped quell the argument among the students.
  • A warm cup of tea helped quell her upset stomach.
  • The leader's speech was intended to quell fears and reassure the population.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quell, such as: abet, advance, aggravate, agitate, aid, allay, annihilate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abate

  • abbreviate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • avoid
  • ban
  • bankrupt
  • bereave
  • break down
  • call
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cheat
  • clip
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • cool
  • countermand
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deflate
  • defraud
  • dent
  • denude
  • deplete
  • deprive
  • diminish
  • disallow
  • disannul
  • discount
  • disfurnish
  • dismiss
  • dissolve
  • divest
  • do away with
  • dock
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • drop
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ease
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • enjoin
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • evaporate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • flag
  • forbid
  • give out
  • impoverish
  • invalidate
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • lessen
  • let up
  • liquidate
  • lower
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • negate
  • nick
  • null
  • nullify
  • outlaw
  • override
  • overrule
  • overturn
  • pall
  • pare
  • phase down
  • prohibit
  • prune
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • recall
  • recede
  • reduce
  • reject
  • relax
  • relent
  • remediate
  • remit
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • retract
  • retrench
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • roll back
  • set aside
  • shortchange
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slash
  • slow
  • strike down
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subside
  • subtract
  • suspend
  • take off
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw out
  • trim
  • truncate
  • vacate
  • vanish
  • veto
  • void
  • wane
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • withdraw
  • write off

jam-up

  • Catch-22
  • albatross
  • backup
  • baggage
  • ball and chain
  • ban
  • bar
  • barrier
  • black out
  • block
  • bottle
  • bottle up
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • bring to screeching halt
  • catch
  • chasten
  • check
  • clog
  • collect
  • compose
  • congestion
  • constrain
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crawl
  • crimp
  • crush
  • cumbrance
  • curb
  • debar
  • delay
  • deterrent
  • disallow
  • drag
  • drawback
  • encumbrance
  • enjoin
  • excess baggage
  • foot dragging
  • forbid
  • forfend
  • freeze
  • glitch
  • gridlock
  • halt
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hang-up
  • hinder
  • hitch
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • impedance
  • impede
  • impediment
  • inhibit
  • interdict
  • interference
  • interruption
  • intervention
  • jam
  • jam-up
  • joker
  • keep in
  • keep in check
  • keep lid on
  • keep under wraps
  • kill
  • limitation
  • lock
  • lock up
  • logjam
  • master
  • millstone
  • monkey wrench
  • muffle
  • nix
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • outlaw
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • pass on
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • proscribe
  • put a lock on
  • put a stopper in
  • put chill on
  • put down
  • put half nelson on
  • quash
  • quelch
  • quell
  • rein
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • rule out
  • shush
  • shut out
  • silence
  • simmer down
  • slowdown
  • smother
  • snag
  • snarl
  • spike
  • squelch
  • stifle
  • stoppage
  • stumbling block
  • stymie
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suppress
  • swallow
  • taboo
  • tailback
  • tangle
  • throw cold water on
  • tie up
  • tie-up
  • traffic
  • trammel
  • veto
  • zing

narcotize

  • allay
  • alleviate
  • analgize
  • anesthetize
  • appease
  • assuage
  • becalm
  • benumb
  • blunt
  • calm
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • deaden
  • desensitize
  • dope
  • dope up
  • dose
  • dose up
  • ease
  • fix
  • hit
  • hush
  • knock out
  • lay
  • lull
  • lullaby
  • medicate
  • mitigate
  • mollify
  • numb
  • opiate
  • pacify
  • physic
  • placate
  • poison
  • quell
  • quiet
  • quieten
  • relax
  • relieve
  • salve
  • sedate
  • settle
  • solace
  • soothe
  • still
  • stupefy
  • tranquilize
  • tranquillize
  • treat

pacifies

  • adulates
  • allay
  • ameliorate
  • annihilates
  • appeases
  • assuage
  • assuages
  • babies
  • beats
  • blandishes
  • blarneys
  • breaks
  • bury the hatchet
  • butter up
  • cajoles
  • calm
  • calms
  • chasten
  • clobbers
  • coaxes
  • coddles
  • comforts
  • compose
  • con
  • conciliate
  • conciliates
  • conquers
  • consoles
  • contents
  • cool
  • crushes
  • defeats
  • delights
  • disarms
  • dominates
  • drubs
  • dulcifies
  • dulcify
  • enslaves
  • fix up
  • flatters
  • gentles
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • grease
  • humors
  • hushes
  • indulges
  • ingratiates
  • kiss and make up
  • lay back
  • licks
  • lull
  • make peace
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollifies
  • mollify
  • mollycoddles
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
  • overpraises
  • pacificate
  • pampers
  • placate
  • placates
  • pleases
  • propitiate
  • propitiates
  • put the lid on
  • puts down
  • qualify
  • quashes
  • quell
  • quells
  • quenches
  • quiet
  • quiets
  • reduces
  • relieve
  • repress
  • represses
  • routs
  • sates
  • satiates
  • satisfies
  • silence
  • silences
  • skunks
  • smashes
  • smooth over
  • smothers
  • soft-pedal
  • soft-soaps
  • soften
  • soothe
  • soothes
  • spoils
  • square
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • still
  • stroke
  • subdue
  • subdues
  • subjects
  • subjugates
  • subordinates
  • suppresses
  • sweet-talks
  • sweeten
  • sweetens
  • take the edge off
  • tame
  • temper
  • thrashes
  • tranquilize
  • tranquilizes
  • tranquillizes
  • trounces
  • vanquishes
  • wallops
  • wheedles
  • whips

pacify

  • adulate
  • allay
  • ameliorate
  • annihilate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • baby
  • beat
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • break
  • bury the hatchet
  • butter up
  • cajole
  • calm
  • chasten
  • clobber
  • coax
  • coddle
  • comfort
  • compose
  • con
  • conciliate
  • conquer
  • console
  • content
  • cool
  • crush
  • defeat
  • delight
  • disarm
  • dominate
  • drub
  • dulcify
  • enslave
  • fix up
  • flatter
  • gentle
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • grease
  • humor
  • hush
  • indulge
  • ingratiate
  • kiss and make up
  • lay back
  • lick
  • lull
  • make peace
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overpraise
  • pacificate
  • pamper
  • placate
  • please
  • propitiate
  • put down
  • put the lid on
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • quench
  • quiet
  • reduce
  • relieve
  • repress
  • rout
  • sate
  • satiate
  • satisfy
  • silence
  • skunk
  • smash
  • smooth over
  • smother
  • soft pedal
  • soft-soap
  • soften
  • soothe
  • spoil
  • square
  • squash
  • squelch
  • still
  • stroke
  • subdue
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • subordinate
  • suppress
  • sweet-talk
  • sweeten
  • take the edge off
  • tame
  • temper
  • thrash
  • tranquilize
  • tranquillize
  • trounce
  • vanquish
  • wallop
  • wheedle
  • whip

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