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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
peaceable \peace"able\, a. oe. peisible, f. paisible.
begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not
disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
-- peace"ableness, n. -- peace"ably, adv.
1913 webster
syn: peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed;
serene; still.
usage: peaceable, peaceful. peaceable describes the state
of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to
external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect
to internal disturbance. the former denotes "in the
spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or
enjoyment of peace." a peaceable adjustment of
difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
1913 webster
see also:
peace"ableness peace"ably peaceable peaceful
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
peaceable
adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable
spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" syn: peace-loving
2: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific
temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice
rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in
a peaceable and orderly manner" syn: pacific
see also:
peace-loving pacific
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
118 moby thesaurus words for "peaceable":
agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless,
broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered,
compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool,
cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing,
even-tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial,
gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic,
impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind,
lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering,
neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant,
nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic,
pastoral, peace-loving, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid,
pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful,
resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered,
simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still,
still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil,
unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile,
unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled,
unstirring, untroubled, waning, well-affected, well-disposed,
well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
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