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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stillness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility, untroubledness |
| Main Entry: | equanimity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | levelheadedness |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, ataraxia, ataraxy, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, coolness, detachment, equability, imperturbability, patience, peace, phlegm, placidity, poise, presence of mind, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, steadiness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, discomposure, excitableness, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | nirvana |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enlightenment |
| Synonyms: | awakening, bliss, cloud nine, ecstasy, happiness, heaven, joy, paradise, peace, serenity, tranquillity |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | serenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm, peacefulness |
| Synonyms: | calmness, composure, cool, patience, peace, peace of mind, placidity, quietness, quietude, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, disruption, disturbance, excitement, trouble |
| Main Entry: | still |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quiet |
| Synonyms: | hush, noiselessness, peace, quietness, quietude, silence, soundlessness, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | commotion, disturbance, noise |
| Main Entry: | peacefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm |
| Synonyms: | calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peace of mind*, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietude, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility, tranquillity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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