'Calm' definitions:
Definition of 'calm'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil]
adjective
(of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas" [ant: stormy]
noun
Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, calmness, equanimity] [ant: discomposure]
noun
Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale [syn: calm air, calm]
verb
Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [syn: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still] [ant: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on]
verb
verb
Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." [syn: calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it]
verb
Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate]
Definition of 'Calm'
From: GCIDE
- Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), n. [OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp. calma (cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr. kay^ma burning heat, fr. kai`ein to burn; either because during a great heat there is generally also a calm, or because the hot time of the day obliges us seek for shade and quiet; cf. Caustic] Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. [1913 Webster]
- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. --Mark. iv. 39. [1913 Webster]
- A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calm'
From: GCIDE
- Calm \Calm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calmed (k[aum]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Calming.] [Cf. F. calmer. See Calm, n.]
- 1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. [1913 Webster]
- To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions. [1913 Webster]
- Passions which seem somewhat calmed. --Atterbury.
- Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize; soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Calm'
From: GCIDE
- Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), a. [Compar. Calmer (-[~e]r); superl. Calmest (-[e^]st)]
- 1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. "Calm was the day." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and sinless peace." --Milton. "With calm attention." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. --Keble.
- Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'calm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- accordance,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anticyclone,
- appease,
- assuage,
- at peace,
- at rest,
- aweless,
- balm,
- balmy,
- becalm,
- blank,
- blankminded,
- bloodless,
- calm down,
- calmness,
- cease,
- cloistered,
- collected,
- compose,
- composed,
- composure,
- conciliate,
- concordant,
- conservatism,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- constancy,
- constraint,
- continence,
- continuity,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coolheaded,
- coolness,
- correspondence,
- cradle,
- dead calm,
- deathlike calm,
- defuse,
- die down,
- dispassion,
- dispassionate,
- doldrums,
- dulcify,
- dwindle,
- dwindling,
- ease,
- easy,
- easygoing,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- equability,
- equable,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- even,
- even out,
- even-tempered,
- even-tenored,
- evenness,
- expected,
- expecting,
- fatuous,
- firm,
- flat calm,
- gentle,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- halcyon,
- halt,
- happy medium,
- homogeneity,
- horse latitudes,
- hush,
- hushed,
- idyllic,
- impartiality,
- impassive,
- imperturbable,
- inactive,
- inane,
- incogitant,
- inexcitable,
- isolated,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- lay,
- lay the dust,
- lenity,
- levelheaded,
- lull,
- make one easy,
- meden agan,
- middle way,
- mild,
- mildness,
- mitigate,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- molder,
- moldering,
- mollify,
- monolithism,
- motionless,
- nerveless,
- neutrality,
- nirvanic,
- nonchalant,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- oblivious,
- oily calm,
- orderly,
- pacific,
- pacifism,
- pacify,
- passive,
- pastoral,
- peace,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- peacefulness,
- peacetime,
- persistence,
- philosophical,
- phlegmatic,
- piping,
- placate,
- placid,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- poised,
- possessed,
- pour balm into,
- pour balm on,
- propitiate,
- prudence,
- quell,
- quiesce,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- quietistic,
- relax,
- relaxed,
- relieve,
- repose,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- rest,
- restful,
- resting,
- restraint,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- rock-steady,
- sang-froid,
- secluded,
- sedate,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-controlled,
- self-denial,
- self-possessed,
- self-possession,
- self-restraint,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- serene,
- serenity,
- settle,
- sheltered,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- sobriety,
- soft,
- soothe,
- soother,
- stability,
- stabilize,
- stable,
- staid,
- staunch,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- steady,
- steady-handed,
- steady-nerved,
- steel-nerved,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stillness,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stoical,
- stolid,
- stop,
- strong-nerved,
- subdue,
- subside,
- subsiding,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- thoughtfree,
- thoughtless,
- together,
- tranquil,
- tranquilize,
- tranquillity,
- unagitated,
- unamazed,
- unastonished,
- unastounded,
- unawed,
- unbewildered,
- unblenching,
- unblinking,
- undazed,
- undazzled,
- undisturbed,
- undumbfounded,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- unfaltering,
- unflappable,
- unflinching,
- unideaed,
- uniformity,
- unimpressed,
- unintellectual,
- unity,
- unmarveling,
- unmoved,
- unnervous,
- unoccupied,
- unperturbed,
- unquivering,
- unreasoning,
- unruffled,
- unruffledness,
- unshaken,
- unshaky,
- unshrinking,
- unstirring,
- unstrained,
- unsurprised,
- unthinking,
- untremulous,
- untroubled,
- unwavering,
- unwondering,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- via media,
- wane,
- waning,
- windless,
- windlessness,
- without a tremor,
- wonderless