| Main Entry: | staid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrained, set |
Synonyms: |
calm, cold sober, collected, composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignified, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, sedate, self-restrained, serious, settled, sober, solemn, somber, starchy, steady, stuffy, weighty |
Antonyms: |
adventurous, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing |
| Main Entry: | composed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
Synonyms: |
at ease, calmed, clearheaded, commonsensical, confident, cool, cool as cucumber, disimpassioned, dispassionate, easy, easygoing, have one's act together, imperturbable, keeping a stiff upper lip, keeping one's shirt on, levelheaded, nonchalant, not turn a hair, placid, poised, possessed, quieted, relaxed, repressed, sedate, self-assured, self-possessed, sensible, serene, serious, soothed, staid, suppressed, sure of oneself, temperate, together, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled |
Antonyms: |
agitated, angered, annoyed, aroused, distressed, excited, perturbed, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | confirmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | habitual; rooted |
Synonyms: |
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, firmly established, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ingrained, inured, inveterate, long-established, proved, seasoned, settled, staid, valid, worn |
Antonyms: |
indefinite, infrequent, sporadic, uncommitted, unconfirmed, undecided |
| Main Entry: | decorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
Synonyms: |
au fait, becoming, befitting, ceremonial, ceremonious, civilized, comely, comme il faut, conforming, conventional, correct, de rigueur, decent, demure, dignified, done, elegant, fit, fitting, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, nice, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, right, seasonable, sedate, seemly, staid, well-behaved |
Antonyms: |
impolite, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unrefined, unseemly, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
Synonyms: |
backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unassured |
| Notes: | demur is the verb 'to object or voice opposition' while demure is the adjective meaning 'modest, shy' |
Antonyms: |
aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | detached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, disinterested; neutral |
Synonyms: |
abstract, apathetic, casual, cool*, dispassionate, distant, impartial, impersonal, incurious, indifferent, laid-back*, objective, out of it, poker-faced, remote, removed, reserved, spaced-out, spacey, staid, stolid, unbiased, uncommitted, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unpassioned, unprejudiced, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
biased, compassionate, engaged, interested, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | earnest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious; very important |
Synonyms: |
close, constant, determined, firm, fixed, for real, grave, intent, mean business, meaningful, no-fooling, no-nonsense, playing hard ball, resolute, resolved, sedate, sincere, sober, solemn, somber, stable, staid, steady, thoughtful, weighty |
Antonyms: |
flippant, insincere, thoughtless, trivial, unimportant, unserious |
| Main Entry: | grave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious; gloomy |
Synonyms: |
cold sober, deadpan, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grim-faced, heavy, leaden, long-faced, meaningful, muted, no-nonsense, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly business, subdued, thoughtful, unsmiling |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, frivolous, funny, happy, ridiculous, silly |
| Main Entry: | sedate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
Synonyms: |
cold sober, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, decorous, deliberate, demure, dignified, dispassionate, earnest, grave, imperturbable, laid-back*, no-nonsense, placid, proper, quiet, seemly, serene, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid, steady, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled |
Antonyms: |
agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset |
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | somber, humorless |
Synonyms: |
austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
Antonyms: |
flippant, funny, happy, light |