Word Meanings - PLACID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PLACID)
- Collected
- Calm
- composed
- cool
- attentive
- self-possessed
- firm
- placid
- serene
- unmoved
- Gentle
- Courteous
- polite
- highbred
- mild
- bland
- tame
- docile
- amiable
- meek
- soft
- tender
- Mild
- Moderate
- lenient
- calm
- gentle
- genial
- tempered
- Peaceable
- unwarlike
- inoffensive
- quiet
- peaceful
- innocuous
- unquarrelsome
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PLACID)
Related words: (words related to PLACID)
- COLLECTIVENESS
A state of union; mass. - COLLECTEDLY
Composedly; coolly. - COMPOSITOUS
Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin. - POLITENESS
1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity; - TENDER
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes - GENIALLY
1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson. - APPROPRIATENESS
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. - ROUSE
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. - POLITE
1. Smooth; polished. Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton. 2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope. 3. Characterized - BLANDLY
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely. - BLANDNESS
The state or quality of being bland. - TEMPER SCREW
1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting. - 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 - AMIABLENESS
The quality of being amiable; amiability. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - TENDERLY
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer. - COLLECTIBLE
Capable of being collected. - TENDERNESS
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy. - COLLECTIVISM
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - INDECOMPOSABLENESS
Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. - DISTEMPERATE
1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - EFFLAGITATE
To ask urgently. Cockeram. - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - UNQUIET
To disquiet. Ld. Herbert.