quietus

The word “quietus” has 3 syllables: qui-e-tus

It's pronounced as /ˈkwaɪ.ɪ.təs/


What is synonym and antonym for quietus?

In the thesaurus, “quietus” has 55 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for quietus

  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • casualty
  • clincher
  • close
  • closure
  • conclusion
  • curtains
  • death
  • decease
  • delivery
  • demise
  • departure
  • destruction
  • discharge
  • dispensation
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • dying
  • end
  • end of the line
  • end of the road
  • ending
  • execution
  • exemption
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • extermination
  • fatality
  • fate
  • final blow
  • grave
  • great divide
  • immunity
  • killing
  • loss of life
  • martyrdom
  • massacre
  • mort
  • overthrow
  • passage
  • passing
  • quittance
  • release
  • ruin
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • settlement
  • slaughter
  • sleep
  • suicide
  • waiver
  • withdrawal

Antonyms for quietus

  • birth
  • creation
  • existence
  • genesis
  • life
  • nativity
  • origination
  • rise

Meanings of quietus

  • noun
    1. A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
    2. Death.
    3. Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).

Example Sentences

  • After months of unrest, the calming rain brought a quietus to the protests.
  • With a deep sigh, she sought the quietus of solitude in the tranquil forest.
  • The final chord of the symphony served as the quietus to the evening's performance.
  • As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting hues of orange and pink across the sky, the day met its quietus.
  • The old castle stood in solemn silence, its crumbling walls bearing witness to the quietus of time.

On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quietus, such as: annihilation, assassination, birth, casualty, clincher, close, closure.

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Related Words

quittance

  • adjustment
  • advantage
  • allowance
  • amends
  • atonement
  • benefit
  • bonus
  • bread
  • compensation
  • consideration
  • counterclaim
  • coverage
  • damages
  • defrayal
  • delivery
  • deserts
  • discharge
  • dispensation
  • earnings
  • exemption
  • expiation
  • fee
  • gain
  • honorarium
  • immunity
  • indemnification
  • indemnity
  • meet
  • offset
  • pay
  • payment
  • payoff
  • premium
  • profit
  • punishment
  • punitive damages
  • quietus
  • reciprocity
  • reckoning
  • recompense
  • recoupment
  • redress
  • refund
  • reimbursement
  • release
  • remittal
  • remittance
  • remuneration
  • reparation
  • repayment
  • reprisal
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retaliation
  • reward
  • salary
  • salt
  • satisfaction
  • scale
  • setoff
  • settlement
  • shake
  • solatium
  • stipend
  • take
  • take-home
  • wage
  • waiver

death

  • afterlife
  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • bane
  • bloodbath
  • bloodletting
  • bloodshed
  • butchery
  • carnage
  • casualty
  • cessation
  • close
  • conclusion
  • curse
  • curtains
  • dead
  • deadness
  • decease
  • decimation
  • demise
  • demolishing
  • destruction
  • devastation
  • discontinuance
  • dispersion
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • downfall
  • dying
  • end
  • ending
  • eradication
  • eternal rest
  • eternal sleep
  • euthanasia
  • execution
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • fatality
  • fate
  • final rest
  • final sleep
  • finis
  • finish
  • foul play
  • genocide
  • grave
  • great divide
  • grim reaper
  • halt
  • heaven
  • holocaust
  • homicide
  • killing
  • kiss of death
  • lapse
  • lifelessness
  • loss of life
  • manslaughter
  • martyrdom
  • massacre
  • mort
  • mortality
  • murder
  • necrosis
  • nothingness
  • oblivion
  • paradise
  • passage
  • passing
  • passing over
  • pogrom
  • quietus
  • release
  • repose
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • shutdown
  • shutoff
  • silence
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • sleep
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • suicide
  • surcease
  • termination
  • tomb
  • torment
  • tragic flaw
  • undoing

deathblow

  • accident
  • apocalypse
  • bane
  • blow
  • bummer
  • calamity
  • capper
  • casualty
  • cataclysm
  • catastrophe
  • clincher
  • closer
  • collision
  • comeuppance
  • confutation
  • coup de grace
  • crack-up
  • crash
  • cropper
  • crowning blow
  • crusher
  • culmination
  • cutoff
  • death knell
  • deciding moment
  • decisive stroke
  • defeat
  • determinant
  • disaster
  • doom
  • early death
  • end of the world
  • end point
  • end-all
  • factor
  • fate
  • final blow
  • final stroke
  • finisher
  • finishing blow
  • finishing touch
  • kill
  • knock
  • knockout
  • mercy stroke
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • misfortune
  • mishap
  • mortal blow
  • premature death
  • quietus
  • smashup
  • stroke of death
  • tiebreaker
  • topper
  • tragedy
  • untimely end
  • wreck

deaths

  • afterlife
  • annihilation
  • annihilations
  • assassinations
  • banes
  • bereavement
  • bloodbaths
  • bloodlettings
  • bloodsheds
  • butcheries
  • carnages
  • casualties
  • casualty
  • cessation
  • cessations
  • closes
  • conclusions
  • curses
  • curtains
  • darkness
  • decease
  • deceases
  • decimations
  • demise
  • demises
  • departure
  • destruction
  • destructions
  • devastations
  • discontinuances
  • dispersions
  • dissolution
  • dissolutions
  • dooms
  • downfall
  • downfalls
  • dying
  • end
  • ending
  • endings
  • ends
  • eradication
  • eradications
  • eternal rest
  • euthanasia
  • executions
  • exit
  • exits
  • expiration
  • expirations
  • expiries
  • extermination
  • exterminations
  • extinction
  • fatalities
  • fatality
  • fates
  • finis
  • finish
  • finishes
  • foul play
  • genocides
  • grave
  • graves
  • great divides
  • grim reaper
  • halts
  • heaven
  • holocausts
  • homicides
  • killings
  • kisses of death
  • lapses
  • loss
  • manslaughters
  • martyrdoms
  • massacres
  • mortalities
  • mortality
  • murders
  • necrosis
  • obliteration
  • oblivion
  • paradise
  • parting
  • passages
  • passing
  • passing over
  • passings
  • pogroms
  • quietus
  • quietuses
  • release
  • repose
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • self-destructions
  • self-murders
  • self-slaughters
  • shutdowns
  • shutoffs
  • silence
  • slaughters
  • slayings
  • sleep
  • sleeps
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • suicides
  • surceases
  • termination
  • terminations
  • tomb
  • torments
  • tragic flaws
  • undoings

passage

  • acceptance
  • advance
  • advancement
  • advent
  • airway
  • allowance
  • annihilation
  • approach
  • arrival
  • artery
  • assassination
  • avenue
  • bikeway
  • boulevard
  • bound
  • bypass
  • bypath
  • byway
  • casualty
  • change
  • channel
  • citation
  • clause
  • clip
  • coming
  • commutation
  • commute
  • context
  • conversion
  • crossing
  • cruise
  • current
  • curtains
  • cycleway
  • death
  • decease
  • demise
  • destruction
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • door
  • doorway
  • drift
  • drive
  • end
  • ending
  • errand
  • establishment
  • excerpt
  • excursion
  • execution
  • exit
  • expedition
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • expressway
  • extermination
  • extract
  • fatality
  • fate
  • flight
  • flow
  • flux
  • freedom
  • freeway
  • furtherance
  • gat
  • gate
  • gateway
  • going
  • grand tour
  • grave
  • great divide
  • hatch
  • headway
  • high road
  • highway
  • hike
  • hop
  • impetus
  • jaunt
  • journey
  • jump
  • junket
  • killing
  • lane
  • laneway
  • leap
  • legalization
  • legislation
  • locus classicus
  • longueur
  • march
  • martyrdom
  • massacre
  • momentum
  • motion
  • movement
  • nearing
  • odyssey
  • onrush
  • outing
  • paragraph
  • pass
  • passageway
  • passing
  • passport
  • path
  • peregrination
  • permission
  • piece
  • pike
  • pilgrimage
  • portal
  • portion
  • process
  • procession
  • progress
  • progression
  • purple passage
  • quest
  • quietus
  • quotation
  • ratification
  • reading
  • ride
  • right
  • road
  • roadway
  • route
  • routeway
  • row
  • ruin
  • safari
  • safe-conduct
  • sail
  • sally
  • sample
  • section
  • selection
  • self-destruction
  • self-murder
  • self-slaughter
  • sentence
  • slaughter
  • sleep
  • slog
  • snippet
  • sortie
  • sound bite
  • spin
  • step
  • stream
  • street
  • stride
  • suicide
  • text
  • thoroughfare
  • tour
  • trace
  • track
  • trail
  • traject
  • tramp
  • transfer
  • transference
  • transit
  • transition
  • transmission
  • transmittal
  • transmittance
  • traverse
  • traversing
  • trek
  • trip
  • turnpike
  • verse
  • visa
  • voyage
  • walk
  • walkabout
  • walkway
  • warrant
  • watercourse
  • waterway
  • way

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