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| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make composed, quiet |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, compose, cool, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relax, relieve, sedate, settle, soft-pedal*, soothe, steady, still, stroke, tranquilize, becalm, cool it, cool out, lay back, quieten, simmer down, take it easy, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | agitate, anger, disquiet, distract, excite, inflame, irritate, outrage, rouse, ruffle, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dreamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illusory, romantic |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, astral, calming, chimerical, daydreaming, excellent, fanciful, fantastic, gentle, idealistic, imaginary, immaterial, impractical, intangible, introspective, marvelous, misty, musing, mythical, nightmarish, otherworldly, out of this world, pensive, preoccupied, quixotic, shadowy, soothing, speculative, unreal, unsubstantial, utopian, vague, visionary, whimsical, introvertive, lulling, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, relaxing |
| Antonyms: | horrible, terrible, unromantic |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dulling, painkilling |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, calming, hypnotic, opiate, sedative, somnolent, soporific, deadening, numbing, somnifacient, somnific, somnorific, soporiferous, stupefacient, stupefactive, stupefying |
| Main Entry: | sedative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soothing |
| Synonyms: | anodyne, calming, sleep-inducing, soporific, allaying, calmative, lenitive, relaxing, tranquillizing |
| Antonyms: | agitating, excitative, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | soothing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comforting |
| Synonyms: | calming, softening, alleviating, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, tranquilizing, warming |
| Main Entry: | soporific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy; sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, somnolent, soothing, deadening, dozy, mesmerizing, nodding, numbing, quietening, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, tranquilizing |
| Antonyms: | awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | allay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce something, usually a pain or a problem |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, square, cool out, make nice, play up to, pour oil on, take the bite out, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | intensify, provoke, stir, worsen |
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, relieve |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, make nice, pour oil on, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | exacerbate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to feel better |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up*, calm, cheer, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, hearten, help, invigorate, mitigate, nourish, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, commiserate with, grant respite, inspirit, lighten burden, make well, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, revitalize, upraise |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | console |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relieve, comfort |
| Synonyms: | animate, assuage, buck up*, calm, cheer, encourage, gladden, lift, solace, soothe, tranquilize, condole with, express sympathy, inspirit, untrouble, upraise |
| Antonyms: | agitate, annoy, antagonize, depress, discourage, disturb, hurt, sadden, trouble, upset, dispirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chill |
| Synonyms: | abate, ally, calm, freeze, frost, lessen, mitigate, moderate, reduce, refrigerate, temper, air-condition, air-cool, infrigidate, lose heat |
| Antonyms: | heat, warm |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a break; abate |
| Synonyms: | allay, assuage, calm, calm down, chill, compose, control, dampen, lessen, mitigate, moderate, quiet, reduce, rein, repress, restrain, suppress, temper, simmer down |
| Antonyms: | continue, go on, increase, step up |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, help |
| Synonyms: | abate, aid, allay, ameliorate, appease, assist, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, cure, disengage, doctor, expedite, facilitate, forward, free, further, improve, lessen, lift, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurse, pacify, palliate, promote, quiet, relax, release, relent, relieve, simplify, slacken, smooth, soften, soothe, speed, still, tranquilize, anesthetize, attend to, clear the way, disburden, let up on, make easier, open the door, run interference for, speed up, untighten |
| Antonyms: | annoy, increase, irritate, perplex, vex, worsen |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make smooth |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, flatten, flush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | rough |
| Main Entry: | lick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch with tongue |
| Synonyms: | brush, calm, caress, fondle, glance, gloss, graze, lap, osculate, pass over, play, quiet, ripple, rub, soothe, stroke, sweep, taste, tongue, touch, wash, lap against, move over |
| Main Entry: | mitigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, diminish, lighten |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway*, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken, come together, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, control |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool*, curb, decline, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane, cool out, die down, ease off |
| Antonyms: | egg on, free, incite, liberate, unleash, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, patch things up, take sting out |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | pacify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peaceful; appease |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, assuage, bury the hatchet*, butter up*, calm, chasten, compose, con, conciliate, cool, fix up, grease*, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, placate, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten*, tame, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, kiss and make up, lay back, make peace, pacificate, put the lid on, smooth over, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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