placidness
11peace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. peacetime; amity, friendship, harmony, concord; tranquillity, peace of mind, repose, quiescence; truce; neutrality. See pacification, silence, content, unity.Ant., war, contention. II (Roget s IV) n.… …
12calmness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quietness, tranquillity, calm; see composure , patience 1 , peace 2 , tranquillity . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An absence of motion or disturbance: calm, hush, lull, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet …
13serenity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. composure, quietness, calmness, tranquility; see composure , patience 1 , peace 2 . See Synonym Study at composure . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. peace, peacefulness, tranquility, placidity, calm, quiet, stillness,… …
14tranquillity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. calmness, peacefulness, serenity, peace, quiet, quietude, order, law and order, quietness, composure, placidity, coolness, imperturbation. Ant. disturbance*, perturbation, chaos. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) or tranquility… …
15peacefulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Lack of emotional agitation: calm, calmness, peace, placidity, placidness, quietude, serenity, tranquillity. See CALM. 2. An absence of motion or disturbance: calm, calmness, hush, lull, peace, placidity, placidness …
16placidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Lack of emotional agitation: calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness, placidness, quietude, serenity, tranquillity. See CALM. 2. An absence of motion or disturbance: calm, calmness, hush, lull, peace, peacefulness,… …
17placidity — noun 1. a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling • Syn: ↑placidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑placid (for: ↑placidness) • Hypernyms: ↑calmness …
18placid — adjective Etymology: Latin placidus, from placēre to please more at please Date: 1626 serenely free of interruption or disturbance < placid skies > < a placid disposition >; also complacent 1 Synonyms: see calm • placidity noun • …
19The Royal Game — Elke Rehder: Woodcut to the chess story The Royal Game The Royal Game (Or Chess Story; Schachnovelle in the original German) is a novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig first published in 1942, after the author s death by suicide. In some… …
20placid — placidity /pleuh sid i tee/, placidness, n. placidly, adv. /plas id/, adj. pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. [1620 30; < L placidus calm, quiet, akin to placere to PLEASE (orig., to… …
