TRANQUILLIZING Synonyms

• affording physical or mental rest

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

• characterized by dignity and propriety

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• make calm or still

• become quiet or less intensive

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• overcome or allay

• make peace with

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• make less taut

• become loose or looser or less tight

• cause to feel relaxed

• become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• make less active or fast

• make calm or still

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• make calm or still

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

• a period of calm weather

• calm by deception

• become quiet or less intensive

• make calm or still

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• characterized by dignity and propriety

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion

• not sparkling

• a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed

• a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

• with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

• without moving or making a sound

• not in physical motion

• marked by absence of sound

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• free from noticeable current

• make calm or still

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• make motionless