Calm

//kɑm//

Synonyms for "calm" (376 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (76)

Strong matches (112)

deathlike calm defuse delay deliberate die down dispassion dispassionate doldrums dulcify dwindle dwindling ease easy easygoing ebb ebbing empty empty headed empty-headed equability

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Verb(4 words)

delay ease lull pacify

Adjective(13 words)

equable equanimitable equanimous even-keeled even-minded even-tempered imperturbable laid-back lash level-headed mellow pacate pacific

Noun(2 words)

equanimity peace of mind

Related words (188)

Adjective(22 words)

peaceable peaceful phlegmatic placid quiescent quiet relaxed roolie sedate serene sober still temperate tranquil unexcited unfazed unflappable unflustered unperturbable unruffable

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unruffled untumultuous

peaceful peacefulness peacetime persistence philosophical phlegmatic piping placid placidity placidness poised possessed pour balm into pour balm on presence propitiate prudence quell quiesce quiescent

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quiet quieten quietistic rational relax relaxed relieve repose reposeful reposing rest restful resting restraint rock rock to sleep rock-steady run down sang-froid secluded self-abnegation self-contained self-control self-controlled self-denial self-possessed self-possession self-restraint sequestered sequestrated serene serenity settle settled sheltered silence silent smooth smooth down smooth over smoothen sober sobriety soft soothe soother soothing stability stabilize stable staid staunch steadfastness steadiness steady-handed steady-nerved steel-nerved still still as death stillish stillness stilly stoic stoical stoicism stolid stop strong-nerved subdue subside subsiding take the edge off tame temperance temperate temperateness thoughtfree thoughtless together tranquilize tranquillity unagitated unamazed unastonished unastounded unawed unbewildered unblenching unblinking undazed undazzled undisturbed undumbfounded unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness unfaltering unflappable unflinching unhurried unideaed uniformity unimpressed unintellectual unity unmarveling unmoved unnervous unoccupied unperturbed unquivering unreasoning unruffledness unshaken unshaky unshrinking unstirring unstrained unsurprised unthinking untremulous untroubled unwavering unwondering vacant vacuous via media wane waning windlessness without a tremor wonderless

Verb(11 words)

quiet sedate settle down simmer down soothe steady still subdue tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize

Adjective(3 words)

serene tranquil unagitated

How these synonyms differ

composed - 'Composed' implies deliberate self-control, staying calm under pressure through effort, not natural temperament.
placid - 'Placid' suggests an almost passive calm, undisturbed to the point of seeming unaffected or even indifferent.
serene - 'Serene' is elevated and poetic, it describes a deep, undisturbed peace, often in beautiful surroundings.
tranquil - 'Tranquil' emphasizes the absence of disturbance, it's about the environment as much as the feeling.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

15 entries

affect air current change state comfort console current of air disposition inactive solace soothe stabilise stabilize temperament turn wind

More specific

1 entries

carefree

Antonyms

19 entries

agitate agitated anger angry anxious chaos disturbed enraged excited flustered frantic frustrated hectic panic rough stormy

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Synonyms

10 entries

allay appease calm air composure mollify pacify placate sedate steady tranquil

Related terms

3 entries

calmness pacify temperate

derived

25 entries

becalm calm and collected calm as a cucumber calm as a millpond calm before the storm calm blue ocean calm down calm wind calm your tits calm your titties calmen calmful calmish calmly calmness calmth

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distinct from

3 entries

frantic frenzied wild

manner of

2 entries

change state comfort

related to

50 entries

adjective anger anxiety clam disturbance effect emotion fear feeling hyper lake lake water like like peaceful like serenity mind

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similar

14 entries

composed peaceable peaceful placid quiet settled smooth still tranquil unruffled windless

Translations

419 translations across 80 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

malinaw adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

γαληνός adj (free from anger and anxiety)
γαληνός adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
γαλήνη noun (period without wind)
ἡσυχία noun (the state with absence of noise and disturbance)

Arabic

2 entries

هَادِئ adj (free from anger and anxiety)
طَمْأَنَ verb (to make calm)

Armenian

4 entries

խախանդ adj (free from anger and anxiety)
խախանդ adj (free of noise and disturbance)
հանգիստ adj (free from anger and anxiety)
հանգիստ adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Assamese

2 entries

শাঁত adj (free from anger and anxiety)
শান্ত adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Aymara

1 entries

aliqa adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

arxayın adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Bashkir

2 entries

тыныс adj (free from anger and anxiety)
тыныс adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Belarusian

4 entries

спако́йны adj (free from anger and anxiety)
спакойны adj (free of noise and disturbance)
заспако́йваць verb (to make calm)
супако́йваць verb (to make calm)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безветрен adj (without wind or storm)
мирен adj (free of noise and disturbance)
спокоен adj (free from anger and anxiety)
тих adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Catalan

4 entries

calm adj (free from anger and anxiety)
calm adj (free of noise and disturbance)
calma noun (condition of being unworried and free from anger)
calma noun (the state with absence of noise and disturbance)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

安靜 /安静 adj (free from anger and anxiety)
平靜 /平静 adj (free from anger and anxiety)
平靜 /平静 noun (condition of being unworried and free from anger)

Corsican

1 entries

calmu adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Czech

4 entries

klidný adj (free from anger and anxiety)
klidný adj (free of noise and disturbance)
klid noun (condition of being unworried and free from anger)
uklidnit verb (to make calm)

Danish

4 entries

rolig adj (free from anger and anxiety)
rolig adj (free of noise and disturbance)
stille adj (free of noise and disturbance)
stille adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Dutch

4 entries

kalm adj (free from anger and anxiety)
kalm adj (free of noise and disturbance)
kalm adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
rustig adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Esperanto

2 entries

serena adj (free of noise and disturbance)
trankvila adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Estonian

1 entries

tuulevaikus noun (period without wind)

Finnish

4 entries

levollinen adj (free from anger and anxiety)
levollinen adj (free of noise and disturbance)
rauhallinen adj (free from anger and anxiety)
rauhallinen adj (free of noise and disturbance)

French

4 entries

calme adj (free from anger and anxiety)
calme adj (free of noise and disturbance)
calme adj (without wind or storm)
tranquille adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Galician

4 entries

calmo adj (free from anger and anxiety)
acougar verb (to become calm)
calmar verb (to make calm)
calmar verb (to become calm)

Georgian

4 entries

მშვიდი adj (free from anger and anxiety)
მშვიდი adj (free of noise and disturbance)
წყნარი adj (free from anger and anxiety)
წყნარი adj (free of noise and disturbance)

German

4 entries

ruhig adj (free from anger and anxiety)
ruhig adj (free of noise and disturbance)
windstill adj (without wind or storm)
Ruhe noun (the state with absence of noise and disturbance)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌵𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌿𐍃 adj (free from anger and anxiety)
𐍅𐌹𐍃 noun (period without wind)

Greek

4 entries

ήρεμος adj (free from anger and anxiety)
γαλήνιος adj (free of noise and disturbance)
γαλήνη noun (the state with absence of noise and disturbance)
ηρεμία noun (condition of being unworried and free from anger)

Hebrew

4 entries

גַּלֵּינֵי adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
דִּמְמַת רוּחַ adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
רגוע adj (free from anger and anxiety)
שְׁטִיל adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Hindi

3 entries

शांत adj (free from anger and anxiety)
शांत adj (free of noise and disturbance)
शांत adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Hungarian

4 entries

csendes adj (free of noise and disturbance)
nyugodt adj (free from anger and anxiety)
szélcsend noun (period without wind)
lecsendesít verb (to make calm)

Ido

2 entries

kalmeskar verb (to become calm)
kalmigar verb (to make calm)

Ingrian

3 entries

tyyni adj (free of noise and disturbance)
tyyni adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
tyyni adj (without wind or storm)

Irish

4 entries

ciúin adj (free of noise and disturbance)
socair adj (free from anger and anxiety)
socair adj (free of noise and disturbance)
suaimhneach adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Italian

1 entries

calmo adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Japanese

4 entries

平穏な adj (free from anger and anxiety)
平穏な adj (free of noise and disturbance)
平静な adj (free of noise and disturbance)
泰平な adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries

branda verb (to make calm)
brandá verb (to make calm)
kalma verb (to make calm)
kalmá verb (to make calm)

Kazakh

1 entries

жуас adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

tànglō verb (to become calm)

Korean

2 entries

고요하다 adj (free from anger and anxiety)
잠잠하다 adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Kumyk

1 entries

юваш adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Latgalian

2 entries

mīrons adj (free from anger and anxiety)
romons adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Latin

4 entries

placidus adj (free from anger and anxiety)
placidus adj (free of noise and disturbance)
sēdātus adj (free from anger and anxiety)
tranquillus adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Latvian

1 entries

rāms adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Lingala

1 entries

bondo verb (to make calm)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ramus adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

roueg adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Macedonian

4 entries

бе́зветрен adj (without wind or storm)
ми́рен adj (free from anger and anxiety)
ми́рен adj (free of noise and disturbance)
спо́коен adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Malay

2 entries

tenang adj (free from anger and anxiety)
tenang adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Maranao

1 entries

malinaw adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)

Māori

4 entries

hāro adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
marino adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
mauritau adj (free from anger and anxiety)
mārū adj (without wind or storm)

Northern Sami

4 entries

goalki adj (free of noise and disturbance)
goalki adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
goalki adj (without wind or storm)
ráfálaš adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Norwegian

1 entries

roe seg verb (to become calm)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

fredelig adj (free of noise and disturbance)
rolig adj (free from anger and anxiety)
rolig adj (free of noise and disturbance)
vindstille adj (without wind or storm)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

fredeleg adj (free of noise and disturbance)
roleg adj (free from anger and anxiety)
roleg adj (free of noise and disturbance)
roe verb (to make calm)

Occitan

1 entries

calme adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Old English

4 entries

smylte adj (free from anger and anxiety)
smylte adj (free of noise and disturbance)
smylte adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
smylte adj (without wind or storm)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

دولك adj (free from anger and anxiety)
ساكن adj (free from anger and anxiety)
دولنمك verb (to become calm)

Persian

1 entries

آرام adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Pitjantjatjara

2 entries

atan adj (without wind or storm)
atanarinyi verb (to become calm)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

stell adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Polish

4 entries

cichy adj (free of noise and disturbance)
opanowany adj (free from anger and anxiety)
spokojny adj (free from anger and anxiety)
spokojny adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Portuguese

4 entries

calmo adj (free from anger and anxiety)
calmo adj (free of noise and disturbance)
calmo adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
sossegado adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Romanian

4 entries

calm adj (free from anger and anxiety)
calm adj (free of noise and disturbance)
calm adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
calm adj (without wind or storm)

Russian

4 entries

споко́йный adj (free from anger and anxiety)
споко́йный adj (free of noise and disturbance)
ти́хий adj (free from anger and anxiety)
безве́трие noun (period without wind)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

suaimhneach adj (free from anger and anxiety)
suaimhneach adj (free of noise and disturbance)
fèath noun (period without wind)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

miran adj (free from anger and anxiety)
миран adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Slovak

1 entries

pokojný adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Slovene

1 entries

miren adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јобош adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Spanish

4 entries

calmado adj (free from anger and anxiety)
calmado adj (free of noise and disturbance)
calmado adj (without wind or storm)
calmo adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Swahili

1 entries

shwari noun (period without wind)

Swedish

4 entries

lugn adj (free from anger and anxiety)
lugn adj (free of noise and disturbance)
rofylld adj (free from anger and anxiety)
stilla adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Tajik

1 entries

ором adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Tatar

3 entries

калим adj (free of noise and disturbance)
калим noun (the state with absence of noise and disturbance)
калим verb (to make calm)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

belisi adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Turkish

4 entries

dingin adj (free from anger and anxiety)
dingin adj (free of noise and disturbance)
dingin adj ((of water) with few or no waves on the surface)
dingin adj (without wind or storm)

Ukrainian

4 entries

за́ти́шни́й adj (free of noise and disturbance)
спокі́йний adj (free from anger and anxiety)
спокі́йний adj (free of noise and disturbance)
безві́тря noun (period without wind)

Uzbek

1 entries

sokin adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Venetan

1 entries

cet adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Western Apache

1 entries

nkegohenʼą́ą́go adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Yiddish

2 entries

רויִק adj (free from anger and anxiety)
רויִק adj (free of noise and disturbance)

Zazaki

2 entries

sakin adj (free from anger and anxiety)
vınderde adj (free from anger and anxiety)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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My friends always say I'm too calm, but my family always says I'm too annoying.

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Try and calm down.

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The weather will soon begin to calm down.

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He remains calm in the face of danger.

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