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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective peaceable has 3 senses
- peaceable(s = adj.all) peace-loving - inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" Derived form noun peaceableness1
- peaceable(a = adj.all) peaceful - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
- peaceable(s = adj.all) pacific - 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" Derived form noun peaceableness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
peaceable, a. [OE. peisible, F. paisible.].
Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peaceable, adj.
1 disposed to peace; unwarlike.
2 free from disturbance; peaceful.
1 disposed to peace; unwarlike.
2 free from disturbance; peaceful.
Derivative
peaceableness n. peaceably adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF peisible, plaisible f. LL placibilis pleasing f. L placere please
THESAURUS
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-meantROGET 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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