Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contented |
| Synonyms: | conceited, confident, easy-going, egoistic, egotistic, gratified, happy, obsequious, pleased, satisfied, self-assured, self-contented, self-pleased, self-possessed, self-righteous, self-satisfied, serene, smug, unconcerned |
| Notes: | complacent means 'pleased or satisfied with how things are, with how they affect one's self,' 'self-satisfied, smug'; complaisant means 'attempting or eager to please or satisfy,' 'obliging, affable' - complacent thus refers to a state of mind and complaisant to a disposition to behave or conduct oneself in a way that pleases or satisfies others |
| Antonyms: | concerned, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied |
| Main Entry: | comfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good feeling |
| Synonyms: | adequate, agreeable, appropriate, at rest, cared for, cheerful, complacent, contented, convenient, cozy, delightful, easy, enjoyable, enjoying, gratified, hale, happy, healthy, hearty, loose, loose-fitting, made well, pleasant, pleased, protected, relaxed, relaxing, relieved, rested, restful, restored, satisfactory, satisfying, serene, sheltered, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, soothed, strengthened, untroubled, useful, warm, well-off |
| Antonyms: | discontented, hopeless, miserable, neglected, uncomfortable, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | companionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, amicable, buddy buddy, clubby, complacent, congenial, conversable, convivial, cordial, cozy, cozy with, familiar, genial, good-natured, gregarious, intimate, mellow, neighborly, outgoing, pally, palsy, sociable, social, tight, tight with |
| Antonyms: | antagonistic, foreign, opposing, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy, agreeable |
| Synonyms: | appeased, at ease, can't complain, comfortable, complacent, contented, fat dumb and happy, fulfilled, gratified, pleased as punch, satisfied, smug, tickled pink, willing |
| Antonyms: | depressed, disagreeable, discontent, dissatisfied, disturbed, needy, unhappy, upset, wanting |
| Main Entry: | contented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at ease; happy |
| Synonyms: | at peace, cheerful, comfortable, complacent, content, glad, gratified, pleased, satisfied, serene, thankful |
| Antonyms: | depress, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied, disturbed, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset |
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, acquiescent, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, biddable, childlike, complacent, cool, docious, ductile, easily influenced, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, weak-kneed, well-behaved, willing, yielding |
| Antonyms: | determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | even-tempered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easygoing |
| Synonyms: | calm, collected, complacent, composed, cool, level-headed, patient, relaxed, stable, steady, unexcitable, unruffled |
| Main Entry: | homey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comfortable |
| Synonyms: | adequate, cared for, cheerful, comfy, complacent, contented, cozy, delightful, easy, familiar, folksy, friendly, intimate, plain, pleasant, relaxed, rested, restful, simple, snug, snug as a bug in a rug, soft, soothed, warm |
| Notes: | homely means lacking in physical beauty or unattractive, while homey means having a feeling of home, being cozy and comfortable |
| Main Entry: | imperturbable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | assured, complacent, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, disimpassioned, equanimous, hard as nails, immovable, nerveless, nonchalant, roll with punches, sedate, self-possessed, self-satisfied, smug, stiff upper lip, stoical, thick-skinned, tranquil, unaffected, undisturbed, unexcitable, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, untouched |
| Antonyms: | excitable, irritable, jittery, perturbable, touchy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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