still

adj

1. motionless, unstirring, unmoving, inert, immovable, immobile, becalmed, stock-still, Chiefly Literary. stilly; stationary, stable, fixed, static;-stagnant, inactive, passive; idle, sedentary; quiescent, quiet, calm, halcyon, serene, tranquil, sedate, mild, placid; peaceful, pacific, peaceable, reposeful; unruffled, unagitated, undisturbed, untroubled; even, flat, smooth.

2. silent, noiseless, soundless, inaudible; mute, dumb, speechless, mum, voiceless.

3. subdued, hushed, muted, low; gentle, soft, softened; murmuring, murmured, whispering, whispered, susurrant; feeble, weak, faint, dim.

4. reposing, resting, at rest, slumbering; latent, dormant, dormient, hibernating, (of land) fallow; delayed, suspended, deferred, postponed, abeyant.

n

5. stillness, silence, hush; calmness, calm, tranquillity, peacefulness, peace; quiet, quietude.

adv

6. at this time, at that time, as previously, yet; up to this time, up to that time, as yet; to this day, even now; until now.

7. subsequently, even then, nevertheless, regardless; in addition, even, yet. —conj.

8. and yet, but yet, even so; for all that, in any event, in any case; however, nevertheless, notwithstanding.

9. still and all

U.S. nonetheless, nevertheless, Inf. anyway.

v

10. silence, shush, hush, quiet, Chiefly Brit. quieten; lull, calm, tranquilize; pacify, appease, dulcify, propitiate, reconcile, smooth, soothe, compose; play down, tone down, Inf. soft-pedal; soften, allay, mitigate; ease, assuage, mollify, palliate.

11. moderate, blunt, dull, deaden; temper, decrease, weaken, slacken, lessen, lighten, diminish, abate; settle, alleviate, relieve, slake, quench.

12. repress, suppress, subdue, inhibit, quell, quash, put down, damp, dampen; chasten, restrain, sober; stifle, gag, mute, muffle, smother, Inf. squelch; talk down, Inf. squash, Inf. shut up, interrupt, cut in, Sl. slap down; muzzle, throttle, choke, strangle; stop, arrest, curb, check, stay, cut off, cut short, prevent, forestall, preclude, put an end to; kill, slay, murder.