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AT PEACE
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful, quiet (inanimate) |
| Synonyms: | at a standstill, at peace, bland, breathless, breezeless, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, in order, inactive, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, waveless, windless |
| Antonyms: | excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | halcyon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | at peace, balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, palmy, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | orderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved |
| Synonyms: | at peace, calm, controlled, decorous, disciplined, docile, law-abiding, manageable, nonviolent, obedient, peaceable, quiet, restrained, submissive, tranquil, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | bad, misbehaving, unruly |
| Main Entry: | pacific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appeasing, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | amicable, at peace, calm, conciliatory, diplomatic, friendly, gentle, neutral, peace-loving, peaceable, peacemaking, placatory, placid, quiet, serene, tranquil, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | peaceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, serene |
| Synonyms: | all quiet, amicable, at peace, bloodless, calm, collected, composed, constant, easeful, equable, free from strife, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, irenic, level, mellow, neutral, neutralist, nonbelligerent, nonviolent, on friendly terms, on good terms, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, placatory, placid, quiet, restful, smooth, sociable, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, without hostility |
| Notes: | peaceful means 'characterized by peace, in a state of peace or tranquility'; peaceable means 'disposed toward peace, inclined toward peacefulness' |
| Antonyms: | clamorous, disturbed, excited, noisy, turbulent, unfriendly, violent |
| Main Entry: | serene |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, undisturbed |
| Synonyms: | at peace, clear, collected, comfortable, composed, content, cool as a cucumber, cool*, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, fair, halcyon, imperturbable, laid-back*, limpid, patient, peaceful, pellucid, phlegmatic, placid, poised, quiescent, quiet, reconciled, resting, satisfied, sedate, self-possessed, smooth, still, stoical, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, disturbed, excited, troubled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tranquil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amicable, at ease, at peace, balmy, calm, collected, comforting, composed, cool, easy, easygoing, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, hushed, lenient, low, measured, mild, moderate, murmuring, pacific, paradisiacal, pastoral, patient, placid, pleasing, poised, possessed, reasonable, restful, sedate, sedative, serene, smooth, sober, soft, soothing, stable, still, tame, temperate, undisturbed, unexcitable, unexcited, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, whispering |
| Antonyms: | chaotic, loud, noisy, turbulent, unpeaceful, violent, wild |
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