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soothing - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | soothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, ease |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, butter up*, calm down, cheer, compose, console, cool, help, hush, lighten, lull, make up, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, relieve, settle, soften, square, still, stroke, subdue, tranquilize, unburden, becalm, cool off, dulcify, make nice, patch things up, play up to, pour oil on, quieten, smooth down, take the edge off, take the sting out, untrouble |
| Antonyms: | agitate, distress, upset, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appeasement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfaction; pacification |
| Synonyms: | abatement, accommodation, adjustment, amends, compromise, concession, grant, lessening, mitigation, moderation, peace offering, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, soothing, acceding, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, conciliation, easing, lulling, mollification, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, quieting, tranquilization |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, irritation, provocation, resistance |
| Main Entry: | comforting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheering |
| Synonyms: | curing, encouraging, freeing, invigorating, refreshing, softening, soothing, abating, allaying, alleviating, analeptic, assuaging, consolatory, consoling, health-giving, heart-warming, inspiriting, lightening, mitigating, reassuring, relieving, remedying, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, solacing, succoring, sustaining, tranquilizing, upholding, warming |
| Antonyms: | depressing, distressing, disturbing, irritating, worrying, aggravating, dispiriting, upsetting |
| 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: | drowsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dazed, dreamy, drugged, heavy, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, restful, sluggish, somnolent, soothing, soporific, tired, torpid, dopy, dozing, dozy, half asleep, lulling, napping, nodding, out of it, slumberous, snoozy |
| Antonyms: | alert, awake, lively, energized |
| Main Entry: | halcyon |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | balmy, bucolic, gentle, golden, happy, harmonious, pastoral, quiet, serene, soothing, still, sunny, tranquil, untroubled, at peace, palmy |
| Main Entry: | hypnotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spellbinding, sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, anodyne, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, somnolent, soothing, soporific, calmative, lenitive, mesmeric, mesmerizing, somniferous, soporose, trance-inducing |
| Antonyms: | exciting, exhilarating, inspiring, stimulating, inciteful |
| Main Entry: | mellifluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, dulcet, fluid, honeyed, mellow, pleasing, resonant, soothing, tuneful, euphonic, harmonic, mellifluent, songful, symphonious, tuned |
| Main Entry: | mellow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ripe, mature; softened |
| Synonyms: | aged, cultured, delicate, developed, dulcet, flavorful, full, juicy, matured, mellifluous, melodious, perfect, perfected, rich, rounded, sapid, savory, seasoned, smooth, soft, soothing, sweet, tuneful, cured, full-flavored, fully developed, mellifluent, ripened |
| Antonyms: | hard, immature, sour, tart, unripe |
| Main Entry: | remedial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, restorative |
| Synonyms: | antiseptic, corrective, curative, curing, healthful, invigorating, medicinal, soothing, therapeutic, tonic, wholesome, alleviative, antidotal, health-giving, medicating, purifying, recuperative, reformative, remedying, repairing, restitutive, sanative, sanatory, solving, treating, vulnerary |
| Notes: | remediable means capable of relieving pain, curing disease, or correcting a disorder; remedial means tending or intended to rectify or improve |
| Antonyms: | damaging, harmful, hurtful, injurious |
| Main Entry: | restful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet |
| Synonyms: | calm, comfortable, contented, inactive, motionless, pacific, peaceful, placid, retired, sedate, serene, soothing, still, tranquil, untroubled, hushed, relaxed, relaxing, unanxious, unexcited |
| 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: | tranquil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, peaceful |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amicable, balmy, calm, collected, comforting, composed, cool, easy, easygoing, even, even-tempered, gentle, halcyon, lenient, low, measured, mild, moderate, pacific, pastoral, patient, placid, pleasing, possessed, reasonable, restful, sedate, sedative, serene, smooth, sober, soft, soothing, stable, still, tame, temperate, undisturbed, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled, whispering, at ease, at peace, hushed, murmuring, paradisiacal, poised, unexcitable, unexcited |
| Antonyms: | chaotic, loud, noisy, turbulent, violent, wild, unpeaceful |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful, quiet (inanimate) |
| Synonyms: | bland, breathless, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, inactive, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, at a standstill, at peace, breezeless, hushed, in order, reposeful, reposing, stormless, waveless, windless |
| Antonyms: | excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having little effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | aside, bland, breathless, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, mild, moderate, muffled, obscure, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, soothing, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered, bated, bleached, blurred, deadened, faltering, far-off, hushed, low-pitched, murmuring, muted, muttering, out of earshot, softened, stifled |
| Antonyms: | clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong |
| Main Entry: | mild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gentle, temperate, nonirritating |
| Synonyms: | balmy, benign, blah*, bland, breezy, calm, choice, clear, clement, cool, dainty, delicate, easy, emollient, exquisite, faint, fine, flat, genial, lenient, light, lukewarm, medium, mellow, moderate, nothing, pabulum, pacific, peaceful, placid, smooth, soft, soothing, sunny, tepid, untroubled, vanilla*, warm, weak, benignant, demulcent, ho-hum, lenitive, mollifying, nothing much, tempered, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | fierce, harsh, rough, violent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fatty, greasy |
| Synonyms: | buttery, creamy, lubricant, lustrous, polished, rich, sleek, slippery, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, waxy, adipose, butyraceous, lardy, lubricative, lubricous, oil-soaked, oiled, oleaginous, saponaceous, smeary |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | smooth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, unwrinkled; flowing |
| Synonyms: | bland, continuous, creamy, easy, effortless, equable, even, flat, fluent, fluid, flush, gentle, glassy, glossy, hairless, horizontal, invariable, lustrous, mild, monotonous, peaceful, plain, plane, polished, quiet, regular, rhythmic, serene, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, soothing, stable, steady, still, tranquil, unbroken, undisturbed, uneventful, uniform, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvarying, frictionless, mirrorlike, planate, rippleless, shaven, undeviating, velvety |
| Antonyms: | broken, coarse, intermittent, irregular, rough, uneven, wrinkled |
| Main Entry: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mild, temperate in effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | balmy, bland, calm, clement, delicate, easy, faint, feeble, gradual, halcyon, imperceptible, lenient, light, low, mellow, mild, moderate, peaceful, placid, quiet, sensitive, serene, slight, slow, smooth, soft, soothing, subdued, tender, tranquil, untroubled, hushed, low-pitched, low-toned, muted |
| Antonyms: | harsh, loud, odorous, putrid, rough, sharp, strong |
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