| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
Synonyms: |
accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool head, cool*, coolheadedness, coolness, dignity, dispassion, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, even temper, evenness, fortitude, harmony, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, placidity, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, quietude, repose, sang-froid, sedateness, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility |
Antonyms: |
agitation, arousal, discomposure, excitement, perturbedness, upset |
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
Synonyms: |
calmness, composure, presence of mind, self-composure |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | facility, freedom |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, affability, aplomb, breeze, child's play, cinch, cleverness, composure, dexterity, dispatch, duck soup, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, expertise, expertness, familiarity, flexibility, fluency, informality, insouciance, knack, liberty, naturalness, nonchalance, poise, pushover, quickness, readiness, relaxedness, setup, simplicity, skillfulness, smooth sailing, smoothness, snap, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unreservedness |
Antonyms: |
difficulty, effort, inhibition, perplexity, restriction |
| Main Entry: | equanimity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | levelheadedness |
Synonyms: |
aplomb, assurance, ataraxia, ataraxy, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, coolness, detachment, equability, imperturbability, patience, peace, phlegm, placidity, poise, presence of mind, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, steadiness, tranquillity |
Antonyms: |
agitation, alarm, anxiety, discomposure, excitableness, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | equilibrium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance; evenness |
Synonyms: |
calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, counterbalance, counterpoise, equanimity, equipoise, poise, polish, rest, serenity, stability, stasis, steadiness, steadying, symmetry |
Antonyms: |
imbalance, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
Synonyms: |
balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration |
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extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | patience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, willingness to endure |
Synonyms: |
backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, even temper, forbearance, fortitude, grit, guts*, gutsiness, heart, humility, imperturbability, intestinal fortitude, legs, leniency, long-suffering, longanimity, moderation, moxie*, nonresistance, passiveness, passivity, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch, staying power, stoicism, submission, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, yielding |
| Notes: | patience means the capacity to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming angry or upset; patients are people who requires medical care |
Antonyms: |
agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance |
| Main Entry: | peace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm, serenity |
Synonyms: |
amity, calmness, composure, concord, congeniality, contentment, equanimity, harmony, hush, lull, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietude, relaxation, repose, reserve, rest, silence, stillness, sympathy, tranquility |
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agitation, distress, frustration, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
Synonyms: |
break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
Antonyms: |
action, activity, energy |
| Main Entry: | serenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calm, peacefulness |
Synonyms: |
calmness, composure, cool, patience, peace, peace of mind, placidity, quietness, quietude, stillness, tranquillity |
Antonyms: |
agitation, disruption, disturbance, excitement, trouble |