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peaceful
CIDE DICTIONARY
peaceful, a.
- Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end. [1913 Webster]
- Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- See Peaceable.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peaceful, adj.
1 characterized by peace; tranquil.
2 not violating or infringing peace (peaceful coexistence).
3 belonging to a state of peace.
1 characterized by peace; tranquil.
2 not violating or infringing peace (peaceful coexistence).
3 belonging to a state of peace.
Derivative
peacefully adv. peacefulness n.
THESAURUS
peaceful
accordant, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amicable, at one, at peace, at rest, attuned, bland, bloodless, calm, cheerful, cloistered, collected, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compatible, composed, concordant, congenial, constant, contented, convenient, cool, coolheaded, corresponding, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dwindling, easeful, easy, ebbing, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, equable, even-tenored, frictionless, friendly, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hushed, idyllic, impassive, in accord, in concert, in rapport, in tune, inharmony, intimate, irenic, isolated, judicious, like-minded, lived-in, luxurious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering, nonviolent, of one mind, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pastoral, peaceable, peacetime, philosophical, piping, placid, plain, prudent, quiescent, quiet, relaxing, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, roomy, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, simple, smooth, snug, sober, soft, steady, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, sympathetic, tame, temperate, together, tranquil, unagitated, understanding, undisturbed, united, unmoved, unperturbed, unpretending, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, warmROGET THESAURUS
peaceful
Peace
N peace, amity, harmony, tranquility, calm, truce, peace treaty, accord, peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace, piping time of peace, quiet life, neutrality, dove of peace, white dove, dove, pax Romana, Pax Americana, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon, bloodless, neutral, dovish, the storm blown over, the lion lies down with the lamb, all quiet on the Potomac, paritur pax bello, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, they make a desert and they call it peace.Inexcitability
N inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion, tolerance, patience, coolth, passiveness, hebetude, hebetation, impassibility, stupefaction, coolness, calmness, composure, placidity, indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity, quiet, quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness, staidness, gravity, sobriety, Quakerism, philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper, self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission, resignation, sufferance, supportance, endurance, longsufferance, forbearance, longanimity, fortitude, patience of Job, patience on a monument, patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill', moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint, tranquillization, inexcitable, unexcitable, imperturbable, unsusceptible, unpassionate, dispassionate, cold-blooded, irritable, enduring, stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed, sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge, sedate, demure, cool-headed, easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm, quiet as a mouse, tranquil, serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned, unoffended, unresisting, meek, tolerant, patient, patient as Job, submissive, tame, content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering, like patience on a monument smiling at grief, aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger, Int, patience!, and shuffle the cards, cool calm and collected, keep calm in the midst of a storm, adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspec, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, they also serve who only stand and wait.Moderation
N moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ariston metron, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora, wet blanket, palliative, moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason, est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters.For further exploring for "peaceful" in Webster Dictionary Online