| Main Entry: | nonviolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful |
Synonyms: |
irenic, nonbelligerent, pacifist, passive, peaceable, quiet, resistant, without violence |
Antonyms: |
hateful, mean, violent, wicked, wild |
| Main Entry: | orderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-behaved |
Synonyms: |
at peace, calm, controlled, decorous, disciplined, docile, law-abiding, manageable, nonviolent, obedient, peaceable, quiet, restrained, submissive, tranquil, well-mannered |
Antonyms: |
bad, misbehaving, unruly |
| Main Entry: | passive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lifeless, inactive |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent, apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, flat, forbearing, going through motions, hands off, idle, indifferent, inert, laid-back*, latent, long-suffering, moony, motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, poker-faced, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, submissive, tractable, unassertive, unflappable, uninvolved, unresisting, walking through it, yielding |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
Antonyms: |
active, dynamic, lively |
| Main Entry: | peaceable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, serene |
Synonyms: |
amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
Antonyms: |
belligerent, cold, cool, mean, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | peaceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, serene |
Synonyms: |
all quiet, amicable, at peace, bloodless, calm, collected, composed, constant, easeful, equable, free from strife, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, irenic, level, mellow, neutral, neutralist, nonbelligerent, nonviolent, on friendly terms, on good terms, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, placatory, placid, quiet, restful, smooth, sociable, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, without hostility |
Antonyms: |
clamorous, disturbed, excited, noisy, turbulent, unfriendly, violent |
| Main Entry: | irenic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
Synonyms: |
amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacifical, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
| Main Entry: | pacifical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
Synonyms: |
amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |
| Main Entry: | pacifistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceable |
Synonyms: |
amiable, amicable, calm, complacent, conciliatory, gentle, irenic, mild, neighborly, nonviolent, pacific, pacifical, pacificatory, pacifist, peace-loving, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, still, tranquil |