[syn: pacific, peaceable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Peaceable \Peace"a*ble\, a. [OE. peisible, F. paisible.]
Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not
disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
-- Peace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Peace"a*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed;
serene; still.
Usage: Peaceable, Peaceful. Peaceable describes the state
of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to
external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect
to internal disturbance. The former denotes "in the
spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or
enjoyment of peace." A peaceable adjustment of
difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
peaceable
adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable
spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" [syn: peaceable,
peace-loving]
2: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful
nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas";
"peaceful sleep" [syn: peaceful, peaceable] [ant:
unpeaceful]
3: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific
temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather
than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in a
peaceable and orderly manner" [syn: pacific, peaceable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "peaceable":
agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless,
broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered,
compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool,
cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing,
even-tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial,
gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic,
impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind,
lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering,
neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant,
nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic,
pastoral, peace-loving, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid,
pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful,
resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered,
simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still,
still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil,
unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile,
unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled,
unstirring, untroubled, waning, well-affected, well-disposed,
well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant