calm

calm [adj1] peaceful, quiet (inanimate) at a standstill, at peace, bland, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, inactive, in order, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, waveless, windless; concepts 544,705 —Ant. excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild calm [adj2] composed, cool (animate) aloof, amiable, amicable, civil, collected, cool as cucumber*, cool-headed, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equable, gentle, impassive, imperturbable, inscrutable, kind, laid-back*, levelheaded, listless, moderate, neutral, patient, placid, pleased, poised, relaxed, restful, satisfied, sedate, self-possessed, serene, still, temperate, unconcerned, undisturbed, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, unimpressed, unmoved, unruffled, untroubled; concepts 401,404 —Ant. agitated, angry, excitable, excited, furious, mad, passionate, roused, ruffled, wild, worried calm [n] quietness, composure calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility; concepts 388,411,720 —Ant. agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, storminess, terror, turbulence, violence calm [v] make composed, quiet allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, compose, cool, cool it*, cool out*, hush, lay back*, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, sedate, settle, simmer down, softpedal*, soothe, steady, still, stroke, take it easy*, take the edge off*, tranquilize; concept 231 —Ant. agitate, anger, disquiet, distract, excite, inflame, irritate, outrage, rouse, ruffle, worry