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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | hush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quiet |
| Synonyms: | calm, lull, peace, peacefulness, quietude, silence, still, stillness, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | clamor, yelling |
| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination to move; lifelessness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, deadness, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpidity, torpor, unresponsiveness |
| Antonyms: | activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, calm |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma, downtime, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy |
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, break-off, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze*, gap, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, persistence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm, serenity |
| Synonyms: | amity, calmness, composure, concord, congeniality, contentment, equanimity, harmony, hush, lull, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, relaxation, repose, reserve, rest, silence, stillness, sympathy, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, distress, frustration, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, silence |
| Synonyms: | calm, cessation, dead air, ease, hush, lull, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, soundlessness, speechlessness, still, stillness, stop, termination, tranquillity |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | clamor, clangor, loudness, noise |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restfulness; calm |
| Synonyms: | ease, inaction, inactivity, leisure, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, refreshment, relaxation, relaxing, renewal, requiescence, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, disturbance, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
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