What is another word for quell?
1127 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kwˈɛl], [ kwˈɛl], [ k_w_ˈɛ_l]
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Similar words for quell:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- allay (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- annihilate (verb)
- appease (verb)
- calm (verb)
- change (verb)
- compose (verb)
- control (verb)
- crush (verb)
- decrease (verb)
- destroy (verb)
- dulcify (verb)
- extinguish (verb)
- kill (verb)
- lull (verb)
- overpower (verb)
- pacify (verb)
- peter (verb)
- put down (verb)
- quash (verb)
- quell (verb)
- repress (verb)
- settle (verb)
- silence (verb)
- smother (verb)
- soften (verb)
- squash (verb)
- subdue (verb)
- subjugate (verb)
- suppress (verb)
- tranquilize (verb)
- tread (verb)
- other synonyms
- compose
- control
- decrease
- defeat
- destroy
- dulcify
- kill
- other relevant words
- pacify
- peter
- quash
- quieten
- silence
- tread
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Quell:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- dump,
- eradicate,
- check,
- reduce,
- remove,
- discard,
- replace,
- shed,
- throw away,
- do away with,
- eliminate,
- dispose of.
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- choke off.
v.
• annihilate (verb)- exterminate,
- annul,
- negate,
- undo,
- invalidate,
- raze,
- do in,
- abrogate,
- decimate,
- murder,
- wipe out,
- abolish,
- slaughter,
- vitiate,
- demolish,
- obliterate,
- erase,
- wrack,
- extirpate,
- nullify,
- wreck.
- ease up,
- balm,
- reconcile,
- restrain,
- modulate,
- relax,
- comfort,
- arrange,
- becalm,
- tune down,
- solace,
- adjust,
- resolve,
- simmer down,
- collect,
- rein,
- contain,
- temper,
- hold in,
- regulate,
- Re-collect.
- de-crease,
- slowing down,
- de valuates,
- narrows down,
- de-valuate,
- tailed off,
- de creasing,
- lost edge,
- de-creasing,
- de generate,
- de-generating,
- de generated,
- de-generates,
- de-valuates,
- de crease,
- de creases,
- tails off,
- de-generate,
- de-cay,
- de cay,
- de generates,
- de valuated,
- de valuating,
- de generating,
- narrowing down,
- narrowed down,
- dieing down,
- de cays,
- runs low,
- de-valuated,
- de-creases,
- losing edge,
- slacked off,
- de creased,
- running low,
- slows down,
- de-cays,
- wore away,
- loses edge,
- de-creased,
- slacks off,
- de-valuating,
- de valuate,
- de-generated,
- dries up.
- de stroys,
- de-solates,
- de-stroyed,
- de-solate,
- de-spoil,
- de stroyed,
- de solated,
- de-facing,
- dis-mantles,
- de-spoils,
- dis-patches,
- de spoiling,
- de face,
- de spoils,
- dis patches,
- swallowed up,
- de solating,
- de-face,
- de-solated,
- de faces,
- de spoiled,
- dis-mantling,
- de stroying,
- dis-patching,
- de-stroying,
- dis mantle,
- de-stroy,
- de facing,
- dis patching,
- dis-mantle,
- de-faced,
- de-spoiling,
- dis mantling,
- dis mantles,
- dis mantled,
- de faced,
- dis patch,
- brake down,
- broke down,
- de solates,
- dis-mantled,
- dis-patched,
- swallows up,
- de-stroys,
- de-solating,
- dis patched,
- dis-patch,
- de stroy,
- de-spoiled,
- de solate,
- de spoil,
- de-faces,
- breaks down.
- re moved,
- re-moving,
- re-moves,
- puts lid on,
- re move,
- putting the lid on,
- re-move,
- putting lid on,
- puts the lid on,
- re moving.
- counter-acting,
- de aden,
- counter act,
- de adens,
- counter-acted,
- counter-acts,
- counter acted,
- de-aden,
- re canted,
- re-fused,
- re fuse,
- de-adens,
- counter acting,
- counter acts,
- re fused,
- re-canted,
- re fuses,
- re-canting,
- re fusing,
- counter-act,
- re-fuse,
- re canting,
- nixed.
- taking the sting out,
- quieting down,
- cools off,
- takes the sting out,
- softpedal,
- lullabied,
- take edge,
- lullabying,
- took the edge,
- puts a lid on,
- took the sting out,
- taking edge,
- takes sting out,
- takes edge,
- took sting out,
- cooled off,
- takes the edge,
- quiets down,
- taking the edge,
- putting a lid on,
- taking sting out,
- took edge.
- over power,
- laid one out,
- lays one out,
- rolls over,
- laying one out,
- rolled over,
- over powers,
- shellacks,
- over-powered,
- over-powers,
- over powering,
- rolling over,
- over-powering,
- over-power,
- over powered,
- taking care of.
- re bating,
- tailed away,
- re-bating,
- tailing away,
- re bates,
- tails away,
- re-bated,
- re bated,
- re bate,
- re-bate.
- keeps in,
- keep check,
- gridlocking,
- kept in check,
- kept under wraps,
- re-press,
- keeping under wraps,
- re press,
- re-pressed,
- kept check,
- re presses,
- keeps in check,
- re pressing,
- throws cold water on,
- jammed up,
- re pressed,
- keeps under wraps,
- keeping check,
- re-presses,
- jamming up,
- throwing cold water on,
- keeps check,
- threw cold water on,
- jams up,
- re-pressing.
- held tongue,
- tonguetied,
- hushing one's mouth,
- keeping down,
- holds ones tongue,
- hush hushed,
- hush-hushes,
- holds one tongue,
- hushhushes,
- hushhushed,
- hush hushing,
- holding one tongue,
- over awed,
- hush mouth,
- hushed one mouth,
- over awe,
- clams up,
- tongue tied,
- keeps it down,
- hush hushes,
- hush hush,
- hush ones mouth,
- strook dumb,
- sate on,
- hushhush,
- hushed ones mouth,
- over awing,
- tongue tying,
- tongueties,
- hold one tongue,
- hushed one's mouth,
- hushes one mouth,
- held ones tongue,
- decreases volume,
- striking dumb,
- says nothing,
- dummying up,
- hushes mouth,
- hushhushing,
- decreases the volume,
- piping down,
- piped down,
- hold ones tongue,
- pipes down,
- hushes ones mouth,
- hushes one's mouth,
- hushed mouth,
- tonguetying,
- kept it down,
- holding ones tongue,
- strikes dumb,
- hush-hushed,
- hush-hushing,
- over-awes,
- decreasing the volume,
- holding one's tongue,
- over-awed,
- said nothing,
- tongue ties,
- holds one's tongue,
- chokes off,
- decreased volume,
- over awes,
- holds tongue,
- tongue-tying,
- held one tongue,
- decreased the volume,
- tonguetie,
- hushing ones mouth,
- hushing mouth,
- over-awing,
- keeping it down,
- tongue-ties,
- sits on,
- decreasing volume,
- hush one mouth,
- held one's tongue,
- holding tongue,
- dummies up,
- keeps down,
- over-awe,
- hushing one mouth.
- dis integrating,
- dis-integrate,
- dis-solve,
- dis solve,
- dis integrates,
- dis-solving,
- dis-integrating,
- dis solves,
- dis solved,
- dis solving,
- becoming tender,
- dis integrated,
- becomes tender,
- dis-solved,
- became tender,
- dis integrate,
- dis-solves,
- dis-integrated,
- dis-integrates.
- sub-dues,
- getting under control,
- gets the upper hand,
- gotten upper hand,
- got the upper hand,
- gat under control,
- got under control,
- gets under control,
- triumphs over,
- gets upper hand,
- gat the upper hand,
- sub due,
- gotten the upper hand,
- got upper hand,
- triumphing over,
- gat upper hand,
- gotten under control,
- getting upper hand,
- sub-due,
- getting the upper hand,
- sub dues,
- triumphed over.
- brought to heel,
- kicks around,
- rules over,
- holds sway,
- brought heel,
- sub-jugate,
- reels back in,
- keeps under thumb,
- keeping under thumb,
- kept under thumb,
- bringing to heel,
- brings to heel,
- bringing heel,
- ruling over,
- bring heel,
- brings heel,
- sub jugate,
- reeled back in,
- reeling back in.
- brings to naught,
- brought to naught,
- cracked down on,
- cracks down on,
- brings naught,
- brought naught,
- holding down,
- holds down,
- puts an end to,
- with-holds,
- putting kibosh on,
- keeping secret,
- bring naught,
- bringing naught,
- with held,
- with holds,
- with hold,
- with-held,
- with holding,
- bringing to naught,
- with-hold,
- puts kibosh on,
- keeps secret.
- settled one's nerves,
- settles one's nerves,
- un-ruffles,
- settle ones nerves,
- settles one nerves,
- puts at rest,
- settled one nerves,
- put rest,
- unruffles,
- settle nerves,
- settling one nerves,
- settles ones nerves,
- un-ruffle,
- settling nerves,
- settled ones nerves,
- settled nerves,
- putting rest,
- un ruffling,
- puts rest,
- putting at rest,
- settling one's nerves,
- settles nerves,
- settle one nerves,
- un-ruffling,
- un-ruffled,
- settling ones nerves,
- un ruffles,
- unruffling,
- un ruffled,
- un ruffle.
Other synonyms:
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- quash.
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- choke.
- dry up,
- ran low,
- petering out,
- slow down,
- run low,
- slacking off,
- narrow down,
- downing,
- wear away,
- dies down,
- die down,
- tail off,
- lose edge,
- Downs,
- died down,
- tailing off,
- dying down,
- wears away,
- slack off,
- wear down,
- slowed down,
- downed,
- drying up,
- peter,
- dried up,
- wearing away.
- over-run,
- Torpedoes,
- Repulsing,
- neutralize,
- mowed down,
- put end to,
- beat down,
- torpedoed,
- Blanking,
- over turn,
- cast down,
- beat the system,
- counterplot,
- mowing down,
- Entrapped,
- up set,
- Counterplotting,
- torpedo,
- counter-plot,
- skunked,
- mow down,
- out maneuver,
- nose out,
- skunking,
- scatters,
- Parried,
- shipwrecks,
- prevail over,
- cause setback,
- mows down,
- take wind out of sails,
- over-runs,
- casting down,
- Blanked,
- shipwreck,
- roll back,
- Counterplotted,
- torpedoing,
- Shipwrecking,
- throw for loop,
- shellac.
- swallow up,
- laying waste,
- laid waste,
- swallowing up,
- lays waste,
- torn down,
- breaking down,
- break down,
- ravaged,
- lay waste,
- axe.
- were enough,
- cracking down on,
- get the upper hand,
- prevails,
- hold down,
- lullaby,
- massacre,
- Suppressing,
- bring to naught,
- sedated,
- tenderizing,
- put down,
- abate,
- subdue,
- throw cold water on,
- roll over,
- settle,
- unlax,
- subjugate,
- Waned,
- burke,
- smother,
- wipe off map,
- lull,
- triumph over,
- kept in,
- exterminates,
- conquer,
- decrease,
- settle one's nerves,
- get under control,
- keeps back,
- takes out,
- murdered,
- going with the flow,
- take the edge,
- tranquilize,
- soften,
- put at rest,
- over-ride,
- finish off,
- sedates,
- trounce,
- taper off,
- quell,
- taking out,
- keeping back,
- takes care of,
- force down,
- ruled over,
- tread,
- snuff,
- keep in check,
- stamp out,
- quieted down,
- letting go,
- soft pedal,
- Unruffle,
- taking it easy,
- jam up,
- extinguish,
- destroy,
- waning,
- lets go,
- quelch,
- keeping in,
- slackens,
- held sway,
- corked,
- whelm,
- be enough,
- root out,
- overmaster,
- Slackened,
- hang easy,
- Creaming,
- Burking,
- crack down on,
- gridlocked,
- tapers,
- Bottling,
- overmastered,
- let it all hang out,
- kicking around,
- gridlock,
- blotted out,
- become tender,
- kept secret,
- put a lid on,
- overpower,
- quiet down,
- overmasters,
- kick around,
- take care of,
- soothe,
- Shrouded,
- covers up,
- shellack,
- covering up,
- reel back in,
- blew away,
- blow away,
- make matters up,
- stamp on,
- laid back,
- tenderized,
- Bottled,
- out wit,
- burked,
- take sting out,
- recede,
- Whelmed,
- keeping in check,
- shrouding,
- Dulling,
- gentled,
- worsted,
- keep under wraps,
- appease,
- iced,
- liquidate,
- tenderize,
- tapers off,
- disciplined,
- Trashed,
- trample underfoot,
- quench,
- hold sway,
- corking,
- take the sting out,
- Disciplining,
- cool off,
- put lid on,
- put the lid on,
- finished off,
- ruin,
- held down,
- slackening,
- Burkes,
- outwitting,
- blotting out,
- kept back,
- squash,
- gratify,
- take out,
- lay one out,
- covered up,
- silence,
- suppress,
- takes it easy,
- control,
- tenderizes,
- mellow out,
- put an end to,
- overmastering,
- holding sway,
- take it easy,
- get upper hand,
- hang loose,
- bring to knees,
- placate,
- defeat,
- whelms,
- zap,
- blot out,
- patch things up,
- keep in,
- hanging loose,
- pacify,
- cool it,
- Worsting,
- lay back,
- mitigated,
- vanquish,
- knocked down,
- knocks down,
- knock down,
- crush,
- gentling,
- cooling off,
- Squashing,
- keep under thumb,
- dulls,
- bring to heel,
- rooting out,
- Creamed,
- settled,
- repress,
- reducing,
- get the better of,
- mollify,
- took out,
- took care of,
- put kibosh on,
- rule over,
- gentles,
- keep secret,
- knocking down,
- Whelming,
- expunge,
- sedating,
- rub out,
- go with the flow,
- Soothed,
- compose,
- cover up,
- kicked around.
- dumbs,
- Clammed,
- close up,
- overawe,
- struck dumb,
- overawes,
- decrease the volume,
- clam up,
- clamming up,
- pipe down,
- sitting on,
- decrease volume,
- tongue-tie,
- choking off,
- hush one's mouth,
- closes up,
- choked off,
- tongue tie,
- hold tongue,
- keep it down,
- kept down,
- strike dumb,
- overawed,
- dummied up,
- say nothing,
- dummy up,
- closing up,
- clammed up,
- Overawing,
- closed up,
- saying nothing,
- dumbed,
- Clamming,
- hold one's tongue,
- dumbing.
- chilly,
- devastate,
- trample out,
- delay,
- submerge,
- clamp down on,
- fine,
- vaporize,
- aloof,
- lay,
- alleviation,
- smash,
- tyrannize,
- persevere,
- trample down,
- stultify,
- lull to sleep,
- bring down,
- amity,
- engulf,
- baffle,
- unman,
- hush up,
- atomize,
- jump on,
- tranquil,
- butcher,
- excuse,
- discourage,
- smoothen,
- earnest,
- hinder,
- get rid of,
- sit down on,
- silent,
- muffle,
- mollification,
- shiver,
- scuttle,
- terminate,
- dulcify,
- best,
- ride out,
- stay behind,
- stalemate,
- worst,
- inhibit,
- peaceful,
- lenify,
- splash,
- stay on,
- slacken,
- rock,
- Ingulf,
- crumple up,
- be present,
- even out,
- parity,
- annihilate,
- conquest,
- oppress,
- deter,
- nip,
- trip up,
- damp,
- remain,
- carnage,
- palliate,
- bring to terms,
- flatten,
- extenuating,
- appeasement,
- deaden,
- keep down,
- enslave,
- homicide,
- stanch,
- stick,
- arrest,
- depose,
- curb,
- cradle,
- subjugation,
- squish,
- oppression,
- drown,
- staunch,
- throttle,
- keep back,
- stagger,
- stabilise,
- scale,
- reside,
- bend,
- inhibition,
- thrash,
- abide,
- serene,
- tranquillize,
- balance,
- gentle,
- abatement,
- tranquillise,
- sink,
- sit on,
- placid,
- slow,
- waste,
- smooth over,
- alight,
- repression,
- dominate,
- pick to pieces,
- stay,
- somber,
- slop,
- mute,
- tame,
- Laniate,
- muzzle,
- censor,
- override,
- dampen,
- mitigate,
- abstemious,
- turn off,
- queer,
- apathetic,
- cork up,
- stare down,
- shatter,
- tear to pieces,
- linger,
- dwell,
- overtax,
- friendship,
- slosh,
- last out,
- easement,
- shut down,
- modest,
- asphyxiate,
- extenuation,
- crackdown,
- halt,
- keep under,
- quieten,
- mitigation,
- suffocate,
- diminish,
- bring low,
- squeeze,
- confound,
- even,
- gruntle,
- elude,
- smooth down,
- shush,
- sweep away,
- slake,
- suppression,
- disallow,
- stamp,
- dull,
- stick fast,
- mash,
- subside,
- sober,
- stifle,
- weigh down,
- alleviatory,
- retard,
- cold,
- calm down,
- topple,
- outride,
- make subservient,
- prostrate,
- throw over,
- splosh,
- gag,
- steady,
- bide,
- dumb,
- enthral,
- sane,
- lukewarm,
- stick around,
- lay in ruins,
- continue,
- swag,
- cut to pieces,
- stem,
- circumvent,
- equality,
- palliation,
- prevail,
- humiliate,
- equivalence,
- frustrate,
- swamp,
- hamper,
- persist,
- slap down,
- rest,
- bottle up,
- staid,
- break,
- satisfy,
- pacification,
- cork,
- crash,
- fell,
- Nonsuit,
- pull to pieces,
- identity,
- be located,
- strike out,
- rebate,
- detain,
- put,
- end,
- snuff out,
- nonplus,
- put out,
- stay put.
How to use "Quell" in context?
A quell is an Old English word meaning to soothe or appease. In law, it means a legal instrument by which a party is obliged to keep the peace.
Paraphrases for Quell:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
suppress.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Verb, base form
allay, alleviate, appease, attenuate, cease, counter, criminalize, crush, curb, curtail, dampen, de-escalate, defuse, deter, discontinue, douse, ease, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, halt, mitigate, nip, oppress, pacify, penalize, punish, quiet, relieve, resolve, restrain, settle, silence, smother, soothe, stem, stifle, stop, strangle, subdue, suffocate, terminate, thwart, Eliminating.
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Verb, base form
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Hyponym for Quell:
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subdue, suppress, stamp down, conquer.
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