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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace-lover |
| Synonyms: | antiwar demonstrator, conscientious objector, dove, passive resister, peacemaker, peacemonger, peacenik |
| Main Entry: | peaceable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, serene |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
| Notes: | peaceful means 'characterized by peace, in a state of peace or tranquility'; peaceable means 'disposed toward peace, inclined toward peacefulness' |
| Antonyms: | belligerent, cold, cool, mean, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | peacemaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles problem |
| Synonyms: | appeaser, arbitrator, conciliator, diplomat, make-peace, mediator, negotiator, pacificator, pacifier, pacifist, peacekeeper, peacemonger, placater, statesperson |
| Antonyms: | agitator, instigator |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who advocates significant, often extreme change |
| Synonyms: | agitator, anarchist, avant-garde, extremist, fanatic, firebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, insurrectionist, left-winger, leftist, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, objector, pacifist, progressive, rebel, reformer, renegade, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, secessionist, subversive, ultraist |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | irenic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacifical, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
| Main Entry: | pacifical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
| Main Entry: | pacifistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
| Synonyms: | amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacifical, pacificatory, pacifist, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
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