peaceable
adj/ˈpiːsəb(ə)l/UK
Etymology
Definitions
Favouring peace rather than conflict
Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
- But in the Muslim world we are dealing with regimes who have banished, imprisoned, silenced or neutralised all opposition, even where this is entirely peaceable.
- But if you talk to people here privately, they suggest there are three possible scenarios. The first (intended to sound incredible) is that Israel’s biggest neighbour will be transformed into a peaceable, pluralist democracy.
Characterized by peace
Characterized by peace; peaceful, tranquil.
- Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head ….
The neighborhood
- synonymanti-bellicist
- synonymdovelike
- synonymdovish
- synonymirenic
- synonymirenical
- synonymnon-violent
- synonympacific
- synonympacifist
- synonympacifistic
- synonympeaceable
- synonympeaceful
- synonymunaggressive
- antonymantipacifist
- antonymbellicist
- antonymbellicose
- antonymhawkish
- antonymmartial
- antonymmilitant
- antonymphilopolemic
- antonymquarrelsome
- antonymunpacifist
- antonymunpeaceable
- antonymviolent
- antonymwarhungry
- neighborpeaceful
- neighborcalm
- neighborpacify
- neighbortemperate
- neighborconciliatory
- neighbornon-confrontational
- neighbornonbellicose
- neighbornonbelligerent
- neighbornoncombative
- neighbornonpolemic
- neighbornonpolemical
- neighboruncombative
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for peaceable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA