Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Quiescence

Nouns
Verbs
  • be quiescent etc. adj.
  • stand still, lie still
  • keep quiet, repose, hold the breath. remain, stay
  • stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time
  • bring to, heave to, lay to
  • pull up, draw up
  • hold, halt
  • stop, stop short
  • rest, pause, anchor
  • cast to an anchor, come to an anchor
  • rest on one's oars
  • repose on one's laurels, take breath
  • stop etc. (discontinue) [Change from action to rest.] Cessation. stagnate
  • let alone
  • abide, rest and be thankful
  • keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed. dwell etc. (be present) Presence
  • settle etc. (be located) Location
  • alight etc. (arrive) [Terminal motion at.] Arrival
  • stick, stick fast
  • stand like a post
  • not stir a peg, not stir a step
  • be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
Adjectives
  • quiescent, still
  • motionless, moveless
  • fixed
  • stationary
  • immotile
  • at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor
  • stock, still
  • standing still etc. v.
  • sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home
  • becalmed, stagnant, quiet
  • unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled
  • calm, restful
  • cataleptic
  • immovable etc. (stable) Stability
  • sleeping etc. (inactive) Inactivity
  • silent etc. Silence
  • still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death
  • vegetative, vegetating.
Adverbs
  • at a stand etc. adj.
  • tout court
  • at the halt.
Int
  • stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo! .