'Stillness' definitions:
Definition of 'stillness'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
Calmness without winds [syn: stillness, windlessness]
noun
A state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness] [ant: motion]
Definition of 'Stillness'
From: GCIDE
- Stillness \Still"ness\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. [1913 Webster]
- Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. [1913 Webster]
- The gravity and stillness of your youth The world hath noted. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stillness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- awful silence,
- calmness,
- composure,
- contemplation,
- dead,
- dead of night,
- deathlike silence,
- golden silence,
- hush,
- hush of night,
- imperturbability,
- inaudibility,
- lucid stillness,
- lull,
- marmoreal repose,
- mum,
- nirvana,
- noiselessness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- satori,
- serenity,
- silence,
- silentness,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- solemn silence,
- soundlessness,
- still,
- tacitness,
- taciturnity,
- tomblike silence,
- tranquillity,
- whisht,
- wise passiveness
Words containing 'Stillness'
- Still,
- Stilled,
- Stilling,
- be still,
- Still and anon,
- Still life,
- Still watcher,
- Still water,
- Still wine,
- coffey still,
- hold still for,
- stand still,
- still hunt,
- still room,
- still's disease,
- stock still,
- Still-burn,
- Still-closing,
- Still-hunt,
- Still-hunter,
- Still-hunting,
- Stock-still,
- Stone-still,
- still-fish,
- deadprenominal stagnant standingprenominal still,
- at rest inactive motionless static still,
- frozenpredicate rootedpredicate stock-still