Calm

Definition: Calm

Calm

Adjective

1. Not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar".

2. Characterized by absence of emotional agitation; "calm acceptance of the inevitable"; "remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country".

3. (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas".

4. Marked by freedom from agitation or excitement; "the rioters gradually became calm and slowly dispersed".

Noun

1. Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity".

Verb

1. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".

2. Make steady; "steady your hands".

3. Become quiet or calm, esp. 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.".

4. Cause to be calm or quiet; "The patient must be sedated before the operation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "calm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Food & Agriculture

Geography

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CALM

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Synonyms: Calm

Belief

Firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion; uberrima fides.

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Excitability

Phrase: "cool calm and collected", keep calm in the midst of a storm; "adversity's sweet milk, philosophy"; mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite; quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes; "they also serve who only stand and wait".

Easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative.

Calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool.

Horizontality

Adjective: horizontal, level, even, plane; flat; flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond; smooth, smooth as glass.

Leisure

Adjective: leisure, leisurely; slow; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Peace

Noun: peace; amity; (friendship); harmony; (concord); tranquility, calm; (quiescence); truce, peace treaty, accord; (pacification); peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace.

Adjective: pacific; peaceable, peaceful; calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon; bloodless; neutral.

Quiescence

Quiet, tranquility, calm; repose; peace; dead calm, anticyclone; statue-like repose; silence; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep; (inactivity).

Adjective: quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; Verb: sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable; (stable); sleeping; (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating.

Reversion

Turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation; (periodicity); inversion; recoil; retreat, regression, retrogression; restoration; relapse, recidivism; atavism; vicinism;

World

Phrase: die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht; "earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God"; "green calm below, blue quietness above"; "hanging in a golden chain this pendant World"; "nothing in nature is unbeautiful"; "silently as a dream the fabric rose"; "some touch of nature's genial glow"; "this majestical roof fretted with golden fire"; "through knowledge we behold the World's creation".

Crosswords: Calm

Romanian (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), Scottish (a pillar).

Marie, now just stay calm. Stay calm (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

I'm perfectly calm Dude (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

You will know when you are calm, at peace, passive (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

Emergency water landing, 600 miles an hour: blank faces, calm as Hindu cows (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Now, stay calm. We are going around the leaf (A Bug's Life; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Speak to me, don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling; (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

And you try to be calm and answer in nice ways (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

I don't care about just being safe and calm (We Live; performing artist: Bosson)

Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm, (HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, (You Gotta Be; performing artist: Des'ree)

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. (references; author: unknown)

The British have a reputation for keeping calm even when there is no crisis. (references; author: unknown)

Calm Yourself (1935)

Sunday Calm (1923)

His Deadly Calm (1917)

Perceptions: Calm (2003)

Calm at Sunset (1996)

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Books

• All is Calm, All is Bright (Holiday Cards) (reference)

• How to Stay Cool, Calm & Collected When the Pressure's on: A Stress Control Plan for Businesspeople (reference)

• The Book of Calm (reference)

• The Contented Little Baby Book: The Simple Secrets of Calm, Confident Parenting (reference)

• The Korean Kitchen: Classic Recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dead Calm (reference)

• Calm Baby (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Big Calm (reference)

• Calm Before the Storm (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Sunset on a calm sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Hydrographic survey launch on a calm day in the South Pacific Launch off of SURVEYOR - a small boat in a big ocean. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Patuxent River sunset with reflections on a calm river. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Several schools of Alewives, or "bait fish", can be seen breaking the surface on a calm Chesapeake Bay day. These fish are an important food source for Rockfish , Bluefish, and other large fish in the bay. Bay Bridge can be seen in the background. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A float plane taxiing on a calm day. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Reflections on a calm day. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The Jamilie anchors in calm waters. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 5. An Aime tide gauge. Aime's tidal studies began at the port of Algiers in 1838. Aime designed a prismatic lead tube supported by wood and provided with a filtering mechanism at its base that attenuated wave motion. A wood float connected to a counterweight by a silk cord, indicated the level of the sea on a reverse graduated scale which was calibrated on a calm day. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Reflection of clouds and hills on calm water. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Rock Pillars jutting over calm water. Credit: Merv Coleman.

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And thus, in the state of nature, one man comes by a power over another; but yet no absolute or arbitrary power, to use a criminal, when he has got him in his hands, according to the passionate heats, or boundless extravagancy of his own will; but only to retribute to him, so far as calm reason and conscience dictate, what is proportionate to his transgression, which is so much as may serve for reparation and restraint: for these two are the only reasons, why one man may lawfully do harm to another, which is that we call punishment. (Second Treatise of Government)

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She must be collected and calm.

She was quite calm again now.

And, in so intense a moment, his demeanour would have still been calm.

His countenance, at first calm, now fell

Any allusion made to his father by a fellow or by a master put his calm to rout in a moment

But better than joy was calm.

That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows, and the wire lattices that defended them

The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence

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Health

Other medicines can calm overactive bladder muscles. (references)

Parents should stay calm and carefully observe the child. (references)

They should be kept in a calm setting and should not be left alone. (references)

Civil Liberties

Gabon

Following 24 hours of rioting, gendarmerie and army troops restored calm in the city. (references)

Turkey

For the second year in a row, the March 21 Kurdish Nevruz ("New Year") celebrations were marked by calm and respectful behavior among most participants and security forces. (references)

Economic History

Cote d'Ivoire

On January 7, 2001 another coup attempt shattered the temporary calm. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

Police took Grigoras into custody after his wife asked police to calm him down after a fight. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Several detainees appealed their cases to the High Court of Justice; however, the Court upheld their detentions without bail on the basis that calm had not yet been restored in the country. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Presidium vice chairman Tom Beanal recounted the Presidium's efforts since the Papuan Congress to start a dialog with Jakarta, and appealed for calm. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

A government representative helped to restore calm and no arrests were made. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

The March 25 municipal elections were canceled in Zouan-Hounien, and the authorities gradually restored calm. (references)

Political Economy

Mexico

Elections have steadily become more free and fair and the general political climate is calm. (references)

Political Rights

Jamaica

Although the last two national elections were relatively calm, there is a history of political violence and killings in the period leading up to elections. (references)

Croatia

However, shortcomings remain." Observers reported participation by a broad spectrum of parties, the generally balanced media coverage, and the calm atmosphere on election day. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

The Golf Hotel is in a calm area, a few kilometers out of town, and near Abidjan's championship golf course. (references)

Worker Rights

Macedonia

Most strikes were calm and well organized and took place without serious incident. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "calm": Alpha Calm Therapy ♦ be calm ♦ become calm ♦ calm air ♦ calm and collected ♦ calm day ♦ calm down ♦ calm down! ♦ calm smb. ♦ calm yourself! ♦ dead calm ♦ feeling calm ♦ flat calm ♦ inner calm ♦ keep calm ♦ Mount Calm ♦ period of calm ♦ stay calm ♦ the calm prevails ♦ To fall calm. Additional references.

Beginning with "calm": calm-faced, calm-glassy, calm-rippled, calm-sounding.

Ending with "calm": cocteau-calm, flat-calm, involvement-calm, lake-calm, mirror-calm.

Afrikaans

kalm (quiet, tranquil), kalmeer (appease, quiet, soothe, still). (various references)

Albanian

zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), zbus (allay, amortise, amortize, assuage, attenuate, break, calm down, domesticate, ease, macerate, propitiate, relax, soften), rehat (cosily, cosiness), qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), qetësi (calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, dispassion, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, keep quiet, languor, mum, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, shut up, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, unconcern), lehtësoj (allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, shake, soften, solace, soothe), i zbutshëm (tamable, tameable), i qetë (at ease, balanced, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), gjakftohtë (cold blooded, cool, dispassionate, even tempered, impassible, imperturbable, placid, self contained, self possessed, serene, sober-blooded, unflappable), bunacë (doldrums). (various references)

Arabic 

هادي (tranquil), ‏مطمئن (at ease, peaceful, quiet, reassured, safe, secure, tranquil, unconcerned), ‏هادئ (cloistered, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏هدوء (calmness, composure, countenance, dispassion, ease, philosophy, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, remission, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), ‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏سكون الرياح, ‏ساكن (asleep, boarder, constant, dweller, featureless, placid, static, tranquil), ‏خامد (inactive, silent, still), ‏أهدأ (calm down, cool down, moderate, quiet, settle down, stay), ‏رزين (demure, grave, level, level headed, matronly, portentous, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, staid, stoical), ‏رصين (equable, equal, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, solid, staid, steady, thoughtful), ‏رائق (bright, clear, impassive, limpid, piping, placid, pure, serene). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), умирявам (pacify, silence), спокойствие (calmness, composure, countenance, ease, easiness, immovability, impassivity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, poise, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, security, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), спокоен (arcadian, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), хладнокръвен (cold blooded, cool-headed, doubtless, nerveless, self possessed, self-collected, unabashed), тих (airless, breathless, canny, dreamy, halcyon, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), тишина (calmness, mum, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, silence, stillness, tranquility), затишие (doldrums, hush, lull), безветрен (airless, windless), безветрие, покой (ease, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietude, repose, rest, slumber). (various references)

Catalan

tranquil (tranquil), silenci (quiet, silence). (various references)

Chinese 

鎮靜 (cool), 靜 (not moving, quiet, still), 泰然 (self-composed), 平 (equal, flat, level, peaceful, to draw, to make the same score, to tie), 從容不迫 (unruffled), 冷靜 (cool-headed), 安静, 安靜 (peaceful, quiet), 安寧 (composed, free from worry, peaceful, tranquil), 安 (content, peace, quiet, still, to pacify), 坦然 (undisturbed). (various references)

Czech

ztichnout (cease, grow silent, pipe down), utišit se (calm down, drop, go away, pipe down, quieten, still), upokojit (appease, hush, pacify, soothe), uklidnit se (calm down, compose oneself, cool down, quieten, simmer down, steady, still, subside), uklidnit (appease, becalm, placate, quell, reassure, relax, set at ease, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), ticho (calmness, hush, quiet, quietness, silence, still, stillness), tichý (mum, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, quiet, restful, silent, soundless, still, stock-still, subdued, tacit, tranquil, unspoken), rozvážný (circumspect, collected, deliberate, discreet, politic, responsible, sedate, serene, sober), klidný (collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed), klid (calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, stand, standstill, still, stillness, tranquillity), bezvìtrný (airless), bezvìtří. (various references)

Danish

rolig (quiet, tranquil). (various references)

Dutch

stil (motionless, noiseless, quiet, silent, silently), rustig (leisurely, quiet, quietly, tranquil), kalm (leisurely, quiet, quietly, tranquil), bedaard (quiet, tranquil). (various references)

Esperanto

trankviligi (appease, quiet, soothe, still), trankvila (tranquil), kvieto (quiet, silence), kvieta (quiet). (various references)

Faeroese

stillur (quiet), róligur (quiet, tranquil). (various references)

Farsi 

فرونشاندن (Appease, Curb, Extinguish, Infix, Lull, Pacify, Quash, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Remit, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress, Tranquilize), سکوت (Doldrums, Mum, Reticence, Silence, Still), ساکن (Denizen, Habitant, Inert, Inhabitant, Inmate, Lodger, Occupant, Occupier, Quiescent, Quiet, Resting, Static, Stationary), ساکت کردن (Appease, Conciliate, Quiet, Shush, Silence, Still, Whist), ساکت (Acquiescent, Hush, Imperturbable, Serene, Shush, Silent, Still, Whist), اسوده (Easy, Snug, Tranquil), ارام (Bland, Daft, Douce, Gentle, Hush, Imperturbable, Moderate, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful, Placid, Quiet, Sedate, Serene, Silent, Staid, Taciturn, Tranquil, Unblenched, Unruffled, Whist), بی سروصداءی (Serenity). (various references)

Finnish

tyyni (placid, quiet, serene, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

French

calme (calmness), tranquille, calmer (calm down). (various references)

Frisian

stil (quiet). (various references)

German

still (dormant, hidden, hush, motionless, mum, mumly, placid, quiescent, quiet, quietly, secret, silent, silently, sleeping, still, tacit, tranquil), beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize), ruhig (calmly, cold, collectedly, composed, composedly, easeful, easy, level, orderly, peaceable, peaceful, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiescently, quiet, quietly, relaxed, reposeful, restful, restfully, sedate, sedately, self-composed, serene, silent, smooth, smoothly, staid, steadily, steady, still, stilly, subdued, tranquil, tranquilly, uneventful, unexcited, unflustered, unharried, unruffled, untroubled), windstille (doldrums, windlessness), windstill (sheltered, windless), stille (calmness, hush, inactivity, peacefulness, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, seclusion, secrecy, silence, silent, silentness, still, stillness, tranquillity), gelassen (calmly, collectedly, composed, composedly, cool, coolly, demure, dispassionate, easily, easy going, evenly, impassive, impassively, laid back, left standing, nerveless, placid, poised, quiet, sedate, self-composed, serene, serenely, tranquil, undisturbed, unhurried, unperturbed, unperturbedly, unruffled), flaute (dead calm, deadness, depression, doldrums, inactivity, lull, slowness). (various references)

Greek 

νηνεμία (lull). (various references)

Hebrew 

להשקיט (allay, lull, pacify, quiet, slake, still, tranquillize), להרגיע (allay, appease, disarm, lull, mollify, pacify, reassure, relieve, soothe, still), להניח את הדעת (please, quiet down, quieten, satisfy), שאנן (at ease, carefree, complacent, secure, serene, tranquil), רוגע (calmness, placid, placidity, quiescent, relaxed, serenity, stillness, tranquillity), רגיעה (relaxation, tranquillity), רגוע (at ease, cool, placid, relaxation, relaxed, serene, tranquil, unruffled), ניחותא (gentleness, pleasantness), נוח (affable, comfortable, convenient, cushy, easy, easygoing, fair, favourable, genial, good natured, mild, propitious, rest, snug, soft), נחתנות (moderation, quiet), נחת (contentment, ease, gratification, mildness, peace, quiet, repose, rest, satisfaction, tranquillity), ננוח (at ease, debonair, indolent, laid back, relaxed). (various references)

Hungarian

szélcsend (Cal, lull, smooth), nyugodt (calm-glassy, comfortable, composed, good tempered, good-tempered, imperturbable, in all conscience, leisurely, level-headed, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reassured, relaxed, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, staid, still, stilly, to be at ease, tranquil, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), csendes (low, mum, Pacific, peaceful, quiescent, quiet, restful, sequestered, serene, silent, still, stilly, tranquil, unruffled, whist), sima (chimaera, clean, flat, glassy, glib, glossy, like a mill-pond, plane, sedate, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth air, smooth as glass, smooth working, soft, untroubled), nyugalom (calmness, complacence, complacency, composure, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, respite, rest, serenity, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness, whist), hidegvérű (ectothermal, imperturbable, nonchalant, unemotional), csend (hush, quiescence, quiescency, quietude, silence, still, stillness). (various references)

Indonesian

reda, mengantapkan (appease, soothe), ayem (assured), angle-angleran (content), aman (peaceful, safe, save, secure, shockproof). (various references)

Irish

socair. (various references)

Italian

calmo (composed, cool, equal, even tempered, halcyon, passionless, peaceable, quiet, sedate, serene, settled, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited), calmare (abate, allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease), tranquillo (cool, easy, even tempered, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, quiet, restful, secure, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited), placare (appease, calm down, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relent, soften, soothe, still), calma (calmness, placidity, quietude, sedateness, silence, silent, silentness, smoothness, steady, stillness, temper). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鎮静 (appeasement, pacification, quiet, tranquility), 泰然 (self-possessed), 悠々 (leisurely, quiet), 平ら (flatness, level, plain, sitting, smooth). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

れいせい (composure, coolness, diligence, divine nature, serenity, shouts of encouragement, spirituality, your son-in-law), てんぜん (clairvoyant, dropping medicine in the eyes, emperor's countenance, peacefulness, rolling of eyes during convulsions), とうとう (after all, and so on, at last, clashing of swords, felling of trees, finally, flowing, reaching a head, ringing of an ax, swift, vast, voluminous), へいせい (currency, Heisei, maladministration, military system, misgovernment, monetary system, serenity, tranquillity), へいぜん (cool, quiet), へいぜんたる (composed), へいおん (peaceful, quiet, restful, the usual temperature, tranquil), ものしずか (quiet, still), やすらか (peaceful, restful, tranquil), ゆったりした , ゆうよう (helpful, self-possessed, useful), ゆうゆう (leisurely, quiet), ちんせい (appeasement, dullness, pacification, quiet, stillness, tranquility), あんていした (firm, stable, steady), たいぜんたる (composed, firm), のどか (quiet, tranquil), しょうよう (admiration, business purpose, composure, exalting, extolling, for business, on business, praise, ramble, saunter, stroll, trifling matter, urination, urine, walk, wandering), しょうようたる (composed, tranquil), なごやか (gentle, harmonious, mild, quiet), なぎ (enigma, lull, puzzle, riddle), しずけさ (hush, serenity, silence, stillness), おだやか (gentle, quiet), おちつき (composure), おちついた (composed, quiet), たいら (flatness, level, plain, sitting tailor fashion, smooth), たいぜん (ambition, complete works, encyclopedia, meeting, opposite shore, self-possessed, the Buddha's great vow, your face), むふう (windless). (various references)

Korean 

평온 (tranquility, tranquillity). (various references)

Manx

kiune (composed, flat, Halcyon days, pacific, quiescent, serene, still, tranquil), kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, soothe, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize), feagh (at rest, composed, docile, piano, quiet, restful, still). (various references)

Norwegian

vindstille, rolig (easy, quiet). (various references)

Papiamen

trankilo (tranquil). (various references)

Pig Latin

almcay.(various references)

Polish

spokojny (tranquil), spokój (quiet, silence). (various references)

Portuguese

calma (aplomb, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, lenience, leniency, phlegm, placidity, quiet, quietness, self-possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity), tranquilo (cool-headed, deep-seated, easeful, even-minded, half-light, orderly, pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, rested, restful, sedate, self-collected, self-possessed, settled, smooth, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcerned, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred), sereno (canny, composed, cool-headed, dew, even-minded, half-light, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, self-collected, self-possessed, serene, smooth, sober-blooded, staid, stilly, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled), quietude (hush, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, rest, serenity, silence, still, time-out), calmo (collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references)

Romanian

calm (calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), calma (allay, appease, becalm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), cu sânge rece (cold blooded, collected, cool, in cold blood), odihnã (comfort, ease, pause, peace, refreshment, relaxation, reposal, repose, rest, restfulness, sleep), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), fãrã vânt (breathless, high and dry), flegmatic (cold blooded, cold-livered, irresponsive, lymphatic, phlegmatic, unabashed), frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, fine, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured), linişte (calmness, composure, ease, easiness, hist, hush, lull, pax, peace, placidity, q.t., quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, serenity, silence, sobriety, soft, still, stillness, stop talking, temper, tranquillity), îmbuna (conciliate, pacify, reconcile, subdue, tame), liniştit (breathless, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), uşura (alleviate, appease, disburden, ease, facilitate, lighten, pacify, palliate, relax, relieve, respite, solace, soothe, speed), pace (composure, ease, easiness, harmony, peace, peacefulness, serenity, silence), potolit (becalmed, dim, mellow, quiet, relieved, sedate, sober, still, undisturbed), se calma (compose oneself, cool, fall, remit, smooth down), se linişti (anchor, compose, cool, moderate, quiet, still, take one's ease), se potoli (abate, burn down, dampen, die away, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, remit, settle, smooth down, soften, subside), senin (azure, broad, clear, cloudless, fair, fine, happy, mild, peace, serene, serenity, shiny, tranquil, unclouded, unruffled), stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, nail down, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state, verify), tãcere (dumbness, hush, mum, peace, quiet, quietness, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity, voicelessness), tacticos (leisurely, slow, slowly, steady, tranquil), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still). (various references)

Russian 

успокаивать спокойствие тихий, успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), униматься (soothe, stop), спокойствие (calmness, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, quietness, repose, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), спокойный (calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled), тишина (calmness, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, silence, silentness, still), штиль. (various references)

Scottish

ciùinich (appease, assuage, pacify), ciùineas (peacefulness, quietness), suaimhneach (genial, quiet, secure), sàmhach (peaceful, quiet, still), màlda (gentle, modest), fiathail, fèath (tranquility). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatišje (lull, slack), utišati (hush, mollify, turn down), tišina (hush, quietness, quietude, silence, still, stillness, tranquility), stišati (becalm, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, soothe, tranquilize), staložen (composed, orderly, poised, sedate, settled, staid), spokojan (even-minded, serene, tranquil, untroubled), smiriti (appease, becalm, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, settle, tranquillize), smiren (appeased, even tempered, sedate, serene, steady), priseban (cool-headed, self possessed, sober-blooded), pribran (collected, possessed, self-collected), mirnoća (calmness, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, temper, tranquillity), miran (composed, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil), mir (peace, peacefulness, quiet, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references)

Spanish

tranquilo (collected, easeful, easy, even-minded, peaceful, quiet, relaxed, serene, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil, tranquilized, unconcerned), quieto (halcyon, quiescent, quiet, still), calmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still), silencio (hush, keep quiet, mum, pause, quiet, quietness, rest, silence, still), calma (calm down, calmness, calms, composure, coolness, damp, dispassionateness, let up, lull, nonchalance, still, there, unconcern), aquietar (allay, calm down, lay, lull, reassure, soothe, still, to appease). (various references)

Swedish

vindstilla (airless), stiltje (doldrums, lull), stilla (allay, appease, compose, gentle, halcyon, lull, Pacific, pacify, peaceful, quell, quiescent, quite, salve, satisfy, silent, silently, still, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillize), lugn (comfortable, comfy, composed, composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restful, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serene, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled). (various references)

Tagalog

waláng-kibô (quiet), tahímik (quiet). (various references)

Turkish

huzurlu (easy, peaceful, quiet, reposeful, restful, serene, tranquil), arsız (bare faced, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brassy, cheeky, daft, flip, flippant, fresh, hard bitten, Hardy, impudent, malapert, perky, pert, Randy, sassy, shameless, unabashed, unblushing, vigorous), asude (tranquil), dingin (equal, halcyon, hushed, inert, passive, quiet, static), dinginlik (calmness, composure, inertia, passivity, quiet, quietness, serenity), durgun (airless, bovine, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, halcyon, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, settled, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled, windless), durgunluk (backwater, calmness, deadlock, deadness, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inertness, languor, placidity, recession, recessional, serenity, slack, slackness, slump, stagnancy, stagnation, stillness), endişesiz (carefree, insouciant, light hearted, unconcerned), ağırbaşlı (austere, demure, dignified, earnest, graceful, grand, imperturbable, matronly, only, sage, sedate, serious, sober, sober minded, solemn, staid), gürültüsüz (noiseless, quiet, soundless, without a sound), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), rüzgârın kesilmesi, sakin (airless, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sakinlik (calmness, collectedness, collectivity, composedness, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, philosophy, quietness, tranquility, tranquillity), serinkanlı (cool-headed, dispassionate, lymphatic), soğuk (aloof, angular, apathetic, apathetical, bleak, chill, chilling, chilly, cold, cool, cryo-, distant, freezing, frigid, frostiness, frosty, frozen, icily, inclement, inhospitable, marble, offish, Parky, phlegmatic, phlegmatical, remote, rigorous, saturnine, standoffish, starchy, stiff, stony, uncompanionable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry), soğukkanlı (cold blooded, cool, cool-headed, even tempered, imperturbable, nonchalant, unflappable, unperturbed), teskin etmek (alleviate, attemper, lull, quell, soothe, tranquillize), esintisiz. (various references)

Turkmen 

hцre-kцюe etmek (reassure, soothe), haя-kьюetmek (reassure, soothe). (various references)

Ukrainian

тихий (airless, dormant, low, noiseless, peaceful, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stilly, under), безвітря, безвітряний (airless, breathless), затишшя (slack), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), мирний (amicable, peace keeping, peaceful, placable), незворушливість, незворушний (immovable, imperturbable, unflappable, unperturbed), дзеркальне море, тиша (calmness, hush, quiet, quietness, quietude, silence, still), утихомирювати (hush, pacificate, propitiate), тиха погода, розв'язний (gossamer, nervy, pert, soluble, solvable), спокій (balance, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, rest, serene, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), спокійний (balanced, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, deft, easeful, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), спокійність (cool), самовпевнений (arrogant, assertive, assuming, assumptive, assured, bold, bumptious, chesty, cocksure, cocksy, confident, coxy, nervy, nose-wise, opinionated, opinioned, overconfident, overweening, perk, positive, presuming, reliant, self confident, self sufficient, self-assertive, self-assured, self-opinionated, upstart), світлий сланець, умиротворяти (assuage, conciliate, pacificate, pacify), штиль. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vô liêm sỉ (conscienceless, shameless, thick-skinned, unashamed, unblushing), sự yên lặng (calmness, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, still, stillness, tranquillity), sự êm ả sự bình tĩnh, sự điềm tĩnh (calmness, composure, imperturbation), không biết xấu hổ (cool, immodest, shameless), êm đềm (pleasant, slumberous, slumbrous). (various references)

Welsh

canllaith (kind, tender), tawelwch (quiet, tranquillity), tawelu (allay, appease, becalm, become quiet), tawel (quiet, still, tranquil), llonyddu (appease, assuage, becalm, quiet, still), llonydd (quiet, still), distewi (quiet, silence). (various references)

kauma. (various references)

aequus, aequus, equus, alcedonia, equus, lenes, lenia, lenieris, lenietur, lenior, lenirent, lenis, mollem, molles, mollibus, mollis, otio, otium, pacata, pacatae, pacatum, placati, placatus, placatusque, quiescam, quiescant, quiescas, quiescat, quiescatis, quiesce, quiescebat, quiescent, quiescentem, quiescentes, quiescentia, quiescere, quiesceremus, quiesces, quiescet, quiescis, quiescit, quiescite, quieta, quietam, quiete, quietem, quieti, quietis, quietissimus, quieto, quietum, quietus, quieverunt, quievi, quievimus, quievissent, quievit, quievitque, sedo, serenus, tranquillam, tranquillum. (various references)

cauma. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "calm": calmative, calmatives, calmed, calmer, calmest, calming, calmly, calmness, calmnesses, calmodulin, calmodulins, calms. (additional references)

Words ending with "calm": becalm. (additional references)

Words containing "calm": becalmed, becalming, becalms. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Calm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acgm, Acklom, Aclm, aclr, acml, Acom, caal, caald, caam, Cacm, caem, cahl, Cahm, caim, cala, Calam, calb, calem, calg, calme, calo, calp, calt, calum, calv, Caly, calz, camg, carm, casm, caum, cedm, celam, celm, cemo, cfl, chalm, Ciim, cism, ckl, clamr, clemo, coaln, colm, Ctal, culn, cxl, ealm, ical, icsltm, kalme, kelm, kilm, qalm, ralm, Zalm. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: clam.

-1 letter: cam, lac, lam, mac.

-2 letters: al, am, la, ma.

+1 letter: calms, camel, claim, clamp, clams, comal, macle, malic.

+2 letters: almuce, amylic, becalm, calami, calmed, calmer, calmly, camail, camels, camlet, chimla, claims, clammy, clamor, clamps, climax, copalm, cymbal, lactam, mackle, macled, macles, macula, macule, malice, marcel, mescal, mezcal, talcum.

+3 letters: acclaim, alchemy, alchymy, alembic, almanac, almuces, armlock, baculum, becalms, calamar, calamus, calcium, calmest, calming, calomel, calumet, calumny, camails, cambial, camelia, cameral, camlets, camphol, campily, caramel, cembali, cembalo, ceramal, chasmal, chimlas, chlamys, claimed, claimer, clamant, clamber, clammed, clammer, clamors, clamour, clamped, clamper, climate, clubman, comical, copalms, cymbals, decimal, declaim, domical, emplace, exclaim, lactams, laicism, leucoma, limacon, lockram, mackled, mackles, maculae, macular, maculas, maculed, macules, magical, malacca, malefic, malices, manacle, marcels, medical, melanic, mescals, metical, mezcals, micella, mimical, miracle, miscall, mochila, mucosal, musical, myalgic, mycelia, oilcamp, plasmic, psalmic, reclaim, reclame, schmalz, talcums, unclamp.