Word Meanings - EQUABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings

Additional info about word: EQUABLE

1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EQUABLE)

• Even
• Level
• smooth
• uniform
• equable
• plain
• flush
• well-balanced
• equal
• Orderly
• Regular
• peaceable
• methodical
• quiet
• Steady
• Firm
• fixed
• constant
• consistent
• regular
• undeviating
• well-regulated
• Uniform
• Unvarying
• invariable
• conformable
• homogeneous
• even
• alike
• unvaried
• symmetrical

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EQUABLE)

• Roughen
• furrow
• disequalize
• graduate
• Rouse
• excite
• disturb
• agitate
• stir
• urge
• goad

Related words: (words related to EQUABLE)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• EQUABLENESS
  Quality or state of being equable.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• CONFORMABLE
  1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; --usually followed by to. The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison.
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• FLUSHING
  A surface formed of floating threads. (more info) 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the
• HOMOGENEOUSNESS
  Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.
• UNIFORMAL
  Uniform. Herrick.
• LEVELER
  1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
• LEVEL
  libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
• UNIFORMLY
  In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of
• REGULARIA
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
• PLAINTIFF
  One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• TROUSERING
  Cloth or material for making trousers.
• SEA LEVEL
  The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• AFFIXION
  Affixture. T. Adams.
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.
• MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
  One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
• UNQUIET
  To disquiet. Ld. Herbert.