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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pacific has 1 sense
- pacific(n = noun.object) pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world; Array has parts: guadalupe island, aleutian islands, aleutians, oceania, oceanica, australasia, austronesia, wake, wake island, east india, east indies, malay archipelago, new guinea, japan, japanese archipelago, japanese islands, volcano islands, new zealand, new zealand islands, belau, palau, palau islands, pelew, philippine islands, philippines, catalina island, santa catalina, antarctic ocean, arafura sea, bering sea, coral sea, east china sea, gulf of alaska, gulf of tehuantepec, inland sea, north pacific, osaka bay, pacific coast, puget sound, san diego bay, san francisco bay, east sea, sea of japan, sea of okhotsk, south china sea, south pacific, tasman sea, huang hai, yellow sea
is a kind of ocean
Derived form adjective pacific1
Adjective pacific has 3 senses
- pacific(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean; "Pacific islands" Derived form noun pacific1
- pacific(s = adj.all) peaceable - 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"
- pacific(s = adj.all) Array - promoting peace; "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"
CIDE DICTIONARY
pacific, a. [L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify.].
- Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition. [1913 Webster]
- Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts. [WordNet 1.5]
- of or pertaining to the
Pacific Ocean ; as, Pacific islands. [WordNet 1.5]
Syn. -- Peacemaking; appeasing; conciliatory; tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; reconciling; mild; gentle.
pacific, prop. n.
The Pacific Ocean , the largest ocean. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pacific, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 characterized by or tending to peace; tranquil.
2 (Pacific) of or adjoining the Pacific.
--n. (the Pacific) the generally placid expanse of ocean between America to the east and Asia to the west.
--adj.
1 characterized by or tending to peace; tranquil.
2 (Pacific) of or adjoining the Pacific.
--n. (the Pacific) the generally placid expanse of ocean between America to the east and Asia to the west.
Idiom
Pacific Time the standard time used in the Pacific region of Canada and the US.
Derivative
pacifically adv.
Etymology
F pacifique or L pacificus f. pax pacis peace
THESAURUS
pacific
appeasing, at peace, at rest, bloodless, broken, calm, chastened, civilian, cloistered, conciliatory, concordant, cool, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, gentle, halcyon, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic, impassive, irenic, isolated, lamblike, meek, mild, moldering, mollifying, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, orderly, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pacifying, pastoral, peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placative, placatory, placid, propitiative, propitiatory, quiescent, quiet, reconciliatory, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, soothing, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued, subsiding, tame, tamed, tranquil, unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waningROGET THESAURUS
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Peace
N peace, amity, harmony, tranquility, calm, truce, peace treaty, accord, peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace, piping time of peace, quiet life, neutrality, dove of peace, white dove, dove, pax Romana, Pax Americana, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon, bloodless, neutral, dovish, the storm blown over, the lion lies down with the lamb, all quiet on the Potomac, paritur pax bello, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, they make a desert and they call it peace.Moderation
N moderation, lenity, temperateness, gentleness, sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating, anaphrodisia, relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ariston metron, moderator, lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum, rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora, wet blanket, palliative, moderate, lenient, gentle, mild, mellow, cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled, tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific, halcyon, unexciting, unirritating, soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne, hypnotic, sedative, antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water, moderately, gingerly, piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason, est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters.
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