Synonyms and Antonyms of peaceful
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inclined to live in peace and to avoid war
- a peaceful tribe that had quietly inhabited these shores for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans
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
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not involving violence or force
- UN officials struggled to find a peaceful solution to the troublesome conflict
bloodless
conciliatory, irenic, pacific, peacemaking
nonbelligerent, unaggressive, unassertive
appeasing, conciliating, mollifying, pacifying, placating
calming, quieting, soothing
armed, martial, militant, military, warlike
aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, quarrelsome
antagonistic, argumentative, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile
tempestuous, volcanic
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free from disturbing noise or uproar
- a peaceful house, now that the kids are all grown and departed
noiseless, silent, soundless
mute, speechless, wordless
dead, motionless, quiescent
muffled, muted, quieted
dull, gentle, low, soft
ultraquiet
boisterous, clamorous, clattery, deafening, loud, noisy, raucous, rip-roaring, roistering, romping, rowdy, tumultuous, unquiet, uproarious, woolly (also wooly)
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free from storms or physical disturbance
