Synonyms and Antonyms of pacific
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tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility
- as a pacific gesture, we invited our feuding neighbors to our backyard barbecue
endearing, ingratiating, winning, winsome
peaceable, peaceful
nonbelligerent, unaggressive, unassertive
calming, comforting, lulling, quieting, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
obliging, satisfying
affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, genial, gentle, good-natured, good-tempered, kind, kindly
passive, submissive, surrendering, yielding
abrasive, aggravating, annoying, chafing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, inflammatory, irksome, irritating, maddening, nagging, nettlesome, nettling, offensive, provocative, provoking, rankling, riling, vexing
engaging, incensing, infuriating, maddening
antagonistic, antipathetic, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympathetic
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, confrontational, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
martial, militant, militaristic, military, warlike
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inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
- a pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict
irenic, nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, noncombative, unaggressive, unwarlike
antimilitarist, antimilitaristic, antiviolence, antiwar
calm, mild, neutral, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil
affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, genial, gentle, kind, kindly
submissive, yielding
militarist, militaristic
aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
antagonistic, argumentative, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile, hot-tempered
