placid
adjective /ˈplæs.ɪd/Definition
› having a calm appearance or characteristics: a slow-moving and placid river the placid pace of village life She was a very placid (= calm and not easily excited) child who slept all night and hardly ever cried.Calm and relaxed placidly /-li/ adverb Calm and relaxed placidness /-nəs/ noun [U] (also placidity)
(Definition of placid adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) cool as a cucumber idiom
- at (your) leisure idiom
- be at peace with the world idiom
- carefree adjective
- careless adjective (NO WORRY)
- comfortably adverb
- easy adjective (COMFORTABLE)
- easy come, easy go idiom
- easy-going adjective
- equilibrium noun
- free-flowing adjective
- harmonious adjective (PLEASANT)
- nerveless adjective
- peaceful adjective (CALM)
- phlegm noun (CALMNESS)
- poised adjective (CONTROLLED)
- quiescent adjective
- relaxed adjective
- rested adjective
- sedate adjective
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