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All discourse antonyms

dis·course
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noun discourse

  • quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
  • silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
  • course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.

verb discourse

  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • lessen — to become less.
  • abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
  • keep quiet — not reveal a secret
  • lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
  • shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
  • go along — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
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