Synonyms for tranquillity
træŋˈkwɪl ɪ titran·quil·li·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. tranquillity

   Apathy, according to its Greek derivation, is a simple absence of feeling or emotion. There are persons to whom a certain degree of apathy is natural, an innate sluggishness of the emotional nature. In the apathy of despair, a person gives up, without resistance or sensibility, to what he has fiercely struggled to avoid. While apathy is want of feeling, calmness is feeling without agitation. Calmness is the result of strength, courage, or trust; apathy is the result of dulness or weakness. Composure is freedom from agitation or disturbance, resulting ordinarily from force of will, or from perfect confidence in one's own resources. Impassibility is a philosophical term applied to the Deity, as infinitely exalted above all stir of passion or emotion. Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart. Indifference and insensibility designate the absence of feeling toward certain persons or things; apathy, entire absence of feeling. Indifference is a want of interest; insensibility is a want of feeling; unconcern has reference to consequences. We speak of insensibility of heart, immobility of countenance. Stoicism is an intentional suppression of feeling and deadening of sensibilities, while apathy is involuntary. Compare CALM; REST; STUPOR.

   Synonyms:
   apathy, calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, unconcern, unfeelingness

   Antonyms:
   agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violence

   Preposition:
   The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. tranquillity, tranquility, quietnoun

   an untroubled state; free from disturbances

   Synonyms:
   tranquility, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, serenity, silence, quiet, lull

2. tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietudenoun

   a state of peace and quiet

   Synonyms:
   tranquility, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, serenity, quiet, soundlessness

3. repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquilitynoun

   a disposition free from stress or emotion

   Synonyms:
   placidity, peace, relaxation, peacefulness, tranquility, ease, rest, repose, lull, silence, peace of mind, quietness, quietude, ataraxis, serenity, heartsease, quiet, placidness

Matched Categories

1. • Composure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. tranquillitynoun

   Synonyms:
   quiet, peace, stillness, serenity, calmness, placidness, repose, tranquilness

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1. List of paraphrases for "tranquillity":

   tranquility, calm, quiet, calmness, serenity, quietness, reassurance, peace

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1. Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

   Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

2. James Madison:

   The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society.

3. P. J. O'Rourke:

   The preamble to the Constitution states We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare... It doesn't say guarantee the general welfare. And it certainly doesn't say give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV.

4. Cicero:

   A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.

5. Charlotte Brontë:

   It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.