quietude

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: qui=e=tude

CIDE DICTIONARY

quietude, n. [L. quietudo: cf. F. quiétude.].

 Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.  Shelley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quietude, n. a state of quiet.

THESAURUS

quietude

Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, arrangement, array, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, calm disposition, calm of mind, calmness, composure, conciseness, concord, contemplation, cool, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance, curtness, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence, deployment, disposal, disposition, dumbness, easy mind, economy of words, formation, golden silence, harmony, hush, hush of night, icy calm, imperturbability, imperturbation, inaudibility, indisturbance, laconicalness, laconism, law and order, layout, lineup, lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, marshaling, mental composure, mum, muteness, nirvana, noiselessness, obmutescence, order, orderliness, organization, pauciloquy, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind, peacefulness, philosophic composure, philosophicalness, philosophy, placidity, placidness, proportion, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quiet life, quiet mind, quietism, quietness, regularity, repose, rest, restfulness, routine, sangfroid, satori, serenity, setup, shortness, silence, silentness, silken repose, sleep, slumber, solemn silence, soothingness, soundlessness, sparingness of words, speechlessness, still, stillness, structure, symmetry, system, tacitness, taciturnity, terseness, tomblike silence, tranquillity, uniformity, unloquaciousness, unruffledness, untalkativeness, whisht, wise passiveness, wordlessness

ROGET THESAURUS

quietude

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.