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Definitions for Whist

[1] a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding.
[2] hush! silence! be still!
[3] hushed; silent; still.
[4] Chiefly Irish . silence: Hold your whist.
[5] British Dialect . to be or become silent.
[6] British Dialect . to silence.
[7] a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge
[8] a variant of whisht

Words related to Whist

reticent, soft, silent, peaceful, muted, reserved, mute, muffled, low, close, still, closed, smooth, stock-still, pacific, halcyon, static, sealed, stable

Words nearby Whist

whispering, whispering campaign, whispering gallery, whisperous, whispery, whist, whist drive, whistle, whistle dixie, whistle for, whistle in the dark

Origin of Whist

21350–1400, Middle English; imitative

Word origin for Whist

C17: perhaps changed from whisk , referring to the sweeping up or whisking up of the tricks

Synonyms for Whist

muted, peaceful, reticent, silent, soft, close, hushed, low, muffled, mute, quieted, reserved, still, stilled, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, could hear a pin drop, dumb, hushful, inaudible, low-pitched, noiseless, not saying boo, quiescent, secretive, soundless, speechless, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered