SHUT UP Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

shut up

verb

Definition of shut up next

as in to dry up

to stop talking you have no right to tell the rest of us to shut up

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Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in to shush

to stop the noise or speech of nothing I said would shut them up

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

stir
agitate

Examples of shut up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even some leaders in effective altruism and the adjacent rationalist community recognize this as a problem and advise people not to shut up that part of themselves. —

Sigal Samuel, Vox, 22 Sep. 2024 The latter debate went off the rails, largely because of Trump’s interruptions, to the point where Biden told him to shut up. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024 But the episode truly crosses the line into hilarity when Chandler responds both by mocking him and telling him to shut up. —

Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2024 After Joe Biden's disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president's chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder. —

Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shut up

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