calm

calm is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
2. noun. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
3. noun. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
4. super. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
5. super. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.
6. noun. steadiness of mind under stress

   "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

   Synonyms: calmness, composure, equanimity

7. noun. wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
8. verb. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

   "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

   Synonyms: sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize

9. verb. make steady

   "steady yourself"

   Synonyms: becalm, steady

10. verb. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

    "After the fight both men need to cool off."

    "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

11. verb. make calm or still

    "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

    Synonyms: lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize

12. adjective. (of weather) free from storm or wind

    "calm seas"

13. adjective. not agitated; without losing self-possession

    "spoke in a calm voice"

    "remained calm throughout the uproar"

    Synonyms: serene, tranquil, unagitated

Synonyms

calmness, composure, equanimity, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, becalm, steady, lull, quiet, quieten, still, serene, tranquil, unagitated

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in calm:

clam

Common word forms

calms, calmed, calmer, calmly, calmest, calming, calmness

Words from these letters

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