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| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-composure, dignity |
| Synonyms: | address, aplomb, assurance, balance, bearing, calmness, confidence, cool, coolness, diplomacy, elegance, equanimity, equilibrium, grace, gravity, polish, presence, presence of mind, sangfroid, savoir faire, self-assurance, self-possession, serenity, tact, tranquility, delicatesse, equability, stasis, tactfulness |
| Antonyms: | excitedness |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait, be ready |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, fortitude, harmony, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, repose, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility, cool head, coolheadedness, dispassion, even temper, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, placidity, quietude, sedateness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, excitement, upset, arousal, discomposure, perturbedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | behavior, manner |
| Synonyms: | address, air, attitude, bearing, carriage, conduct, deportment, disposition, mien, poise, port, presence, set, comportment |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, majesty, merit, morality, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, station, stature, status, virtue, worth, courtliness, loftiness, nobleness, seemliness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| Main Entry: | diplomacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tact |
| Synonyms: | address, craft, delicacy, discretion, finesse, negotiation, poise, politics, savoir-faire, skill, subtlety, artfulness, delicatesse, expedience, statecraft |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, rudeness, impoliteness |
| Main Entry: | eloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skillful way with words |
| Synonyms: | ability, appeal, articulation, delivery, diction, dramatic, expression, facility, fervor, flow, fluency, force, gift of gab*, loquacity, oration, oratory, passion, persuasiveness, poise, power, rhetoric, spirit, style, vigor, vivacity, wit, command of language, expressiveness, expressivity, forcefulness, grandiloquence, meaningfulness, mellifluousness, volubility, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, inarticulateness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equanimity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | levelheadedness |
| Synonyms: | aplomb, assurance, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, coolness, detachment, patience, peace, poise, presence of mind*, sangfroid, self-possession, serenity, ataraxia, ataraxy, equability, imperturbability, phlegm, placidity, steadiness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, upset, worry, discomposure, excitableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equilibrium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance; evenness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, counterbalance, counterpoise, equanimity, poise, polish, rest, serenity, stability, symmetry, equipoise, stasis, steadiness, steadying |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | float |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie on the surface |
| Synonyms: | bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, skim, slide, swim, waft, wash, be buoyant, move gently, rest on water, slip along, smooth along, stay afloat |
| Antonyms: | drown, sink |
| Main Entry: | gallantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery, civility |
| Synonyms: | address, audacity, boldness, courage, courtesy, daring, deference, derring-do*, duty, elegance, honor, mettle, nerve, nobility, pluck*, poise, politeness, prowess, resolution, reverence, savoir-faire, spirit, tact, valor, attentiveness, courageousness, courteousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, graciousness, intrepidity, urbanity, valiance |
| Antonyms: | fear, cowardliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang, float over |
| Synonyms: | dance, drift, flicker, flit, flutter, fly, linger, poise, waver, be suspended, brood over, flitter, hang about, wait nearby |
| Antonyms: | lie, rest, settle |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
| Synonyms: | balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, justice, measure, mildness, patience, poise, quiet, restraint, sobriety, dispassionateness, judiciousness, justness, lenity, moderateness, reasonableness, sedateness, sedation, steadiness, toleration |
| Antonyms: | extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, severity, violence, outrageousness, unlimitedness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | patience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, willingness to endure |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, forbearance, fortitude, grit*, guts*, heart, humility, intestinal fortitude*, leniency, long-suffering, moderation, moxie*, passiveness, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch*, staying power*, stoicism, submission, tolerance, yielding, even temper, gutsiness, imperturbability, legs, longanimity, nonresistance, passivity, sufferance, toleration |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willpower over one's actions |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, sobriety, stability, stoicism, self-constraint, self-discipline, self-government, strength of character |
| Antonyms: | agitation, rashness |
| Main Entry: | sophistication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, style |
| Synonyms: | composure, elegance, finesse, poise, refinement, savoir faire, tact, savoir vivre, social grace, urbanity, worldliness, worldly wisdom |
| Antonyms: | naiveté, simplicity, ingenuousness |
| Main Entry: | stabilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change |
| Synonyms: | balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, firm, fix, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle, steady, stiffen, support, sustain, uphold, firm up, stabilitate |
| Antonyms: | change, shake, vary, weaken, wobble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finesse, thoughtfulness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, head, horse sense*, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, presence, prudence, refinement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, understanding, aptness, delicatesse, good taste, politicness, tactfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness, tactlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wisdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insight, common sense |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, balance, caution, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, gumption*, horse sense*, information, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, learning, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, prudence, reason, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, sophistication, stability, understanding, brains, circumspection, clear thinking, good judgment, judiciousness, pansophy, sageness, solidity |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savoir faire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tact |
| Synonyms: | cultivation, diplomacy, poise, savoir-faire, savvy, sophistication, suavity, Aukflarung, graciousness, social grace, social know-how, worldliness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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