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Definition: Calmness |
CalmnessNoun1. Steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity". 2. An absence of strong winds or rain. 3. A feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "calmness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: CalmnessSynonyms: calm (n), composure (n), equanimity (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: agitation (n), discomposure (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness. |
Coolness, calmness; Adjective: composure, placidity, | |
Moderation | Noun: moderation, lenity; temperateness, gentleness; Adjective: sobriety; quiet; mental calmness; (inexcitability). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Calmness |
| English words defined with "calmness": Ataraxy ♦ Imperturbation, Indisturbance, Insobriety ♦ placidity, placidness ♦ stillness ♦ windlessness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "calmness": Abandon ♦ Dying ♦ Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Religion ♦ Snakes. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | American citizens! We appeal to you in all calmness. Is it not time to pause? [ . . . ] A paper entitled the American patriot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. |
Izaak Walton | You will find angling to be like the virtue of humility, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of other blessings attending upon it. |
James A. Froude | Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive. |
Josiah Gilbert Holland | Calmness is the cradle of power. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | It was not in his calmness that she read his comparative difference |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | She faced me again now, having quite recovered her usual calmness of manner |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The profound observation of the (r)gamin recalled Montparnasse to calmness and to good sense |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | The judges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize our diplomacy. |
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| "Calmness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Calmness" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "calmness": mental calmness. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
calmness | 15 |
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| Language | Translations for "calmness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qetësi (calm, 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), gjakftohtësi (aplomb, coolness, equanimity, impassibility, impassivity, moderation, nerve, order, phlegm, placidity, presence of mind, recollection, sangfroid, self control, self possession, serenity, unconcern). (various references) | |
Arabic | هدو (peace), هدوء (calm, composure, countenance, dispassion, ease, philosophy, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, remission, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), سكون (easement, hush, inactivity, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietude, remission, repose, rest, sedation, sleep, still, stillness, tranquillity), الهدوء (moderation, serenity, unruliness), السكون (serenity), رصانة (imperturbability, sobriety). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спокойствие (calm, composure, countenance, ease, easiness, immovability, impassivity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, poise, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, security, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), хладнокръвие (composure, cool, coolness, equanimity, nerve, sangfroid, self possession), тишина (calm, mum, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, silence, stillness, tranquility). (various references) | |
Czech | ticho (calm, hush, quiet, quietness, silence, still, stillness), klid (calm, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, repose, rest, serenity, stand, standstill, still, stillness, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Dutch | rustigheid (calm, composure, quiet, quietness, silence), rust (break, calm, composure, intermission, pause, quiet, quietness, recess, repose, rest, silence), kalmte (calm, composure, quiet, quietness, silence), gerustheid (composure), bedaardheid (composure, quietness). (various references) | |
Esperanto | trankvileco (composure), kvieteco (quietness). (various references) | |
Farsi | ملایمت (Amenity, Equanimity, Leniency, Suavity, Warmth), متانت (Equanimity, Serene, Sobriety), ارامش (Composure, Equilibrium, Lull, Peace, Quiet, Serenity, Silence, Solace). (various references) | |
Finnish | tyyneys (calm, composure, tranquillity), maltillisuus (composure, moderation), levollisuus (composure, coolness, equanimity). (various references) | |
French | calme (calm), sang-froid, repos (calm). (various references) | |
German | stille (calm, hush, inactivity, peacefulness, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, seclusion, secrecy, silence, silent, silentness, still, stillness, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Greek | γαλήνη (calm, equanimity, peacefulness, placidity, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity), ηρεμία (calm, composure, equanimity, placidity, placidness, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, rest, restfulness, serenity, still, stillness, tranquillity), ησυχία (ease, noislessness, oyster, privacy, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, stillness), αταραξία (aplomb, composure, imperturbability, nonchalance, quietism, sedateness, self possession, stolidity, stolidness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שלו" (ease, peace, placidity, quietude, serenity, tranquillity), שקט (dummy, hush, peaceful, quiescent, quiet, quietude, secluded, silence, silent, still, stillness, tranquil), רו'ע (calm, placid, placidity, quiescent, relaxed, serenity, stillness, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyugalom (calm, complacence, complacency, composure, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, respite, rest, serenity, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness, whist). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keredaan. (various references) | |
Italian | calma (calm, placidity, quietude, sedateness, silence, silent, silentness, smoothness, steady, stillness, temper), quiete (hush, quiet, quietness, rest, stillness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 沈着 (composure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | へいき (arms, composure, coolness, occurring simultaneously, ordinance, unconcern, weapons, writing side by side), ち"ちゃく (composure). (various references) | |
Manx | soccarys (forbearance, placidity), kiunid (flatness, placid, placidity, quiescence, quietude, serenity, stillness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | almnesscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | calma (aplomb, calm, composure, cool, coolness, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, lenience, leniency, phlegm, placidity, quiet, quietness, self-possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Romanian | calm (calm, calmly, 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), linişte (calm, 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). (various references) | |
Russian | спокойствие (calm, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, quietness, repose, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), тишина (calm, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, silence, silentness, still). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | smirenost, mirnoća (calm, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, temper, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Spanish | tranquilidad (calm, composure, ease, peace, peacefulness, presence of mind, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, sedateness, smoothness, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness, unconcern). (various references) | |
Swedish | stillhet (calm, hush, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references) | |
Turkish | soğukkanlılık (cold blood, cool, coolness, equal mind, imperturbability, nerve, nonchalance, presence of mind, sang froid, sangfroid, self possession), sakinlik (calm, collectedness, collectivity, composedness, composure, equanimity, imperturbability, philosophy, quietness, tranquility, tranquillity), durgunluk (backwater, calm, deadlock, deadness, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inertness, languor, placidity, recession, recessional, serenity, slack, slackness, slump, stagnancy, stagnation, stillness), dinginlik (calm, composure, inertia, passivity, quiet, quietness, serenity). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спокій (balance, calm, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, rest, serene, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), тиша (calm, hush, quiet, quietness, quietude, silence, still), незворушність (imperturbability, unflappability). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự yên lặng (calm, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, still, stillness, tranquillity), sự bình tĩnh (composure, imperturbation, sang-froid, self-control, self-possession, steadiness), sự điềm tĩnh (calm, composure, imperturbation). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | clementia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "calmness": calmnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Calmness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calenes, calinese, calmess, campness, clanness, comnes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "calmness" (pronounced kÄ"mnus or kÄ"lmnus) |
| 4 | -m n u s | alumnus, firmness, grimness, numbness, randomness, sameness, wholesomeness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
| 4 | -m n u s | alumnus, firmness, grimness, numbness, randomness, sameness, wholesomeness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-m-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: manless, mescals. | |
-2 letters: camels, cleans, lances, lemans, macles, manses, mensal, mensas, mescal, messan, scales, scenas. | |
-3 letters: acmes, acnes, alecs, almes, amens, calms, camel, cames, canes, cases, clams, clans, class, clean, elans, laces, lames, lance, lanes, lases, leans, leman, maces, macle, males, manes, manse, masse, meals, means, mensa, mesas, names, nemas, sales, sanes, scale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-m-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: calmnesses, clamminess, commensals, masculines, mescalines, semblances. | |
+3 letters: centralisms, consumables, lemniscates, masculinise, misbalances, mischannels, solacements, unscrambles. | |
+4 letters: amicableness, clamminesses, commensalism, glucosamines, malfeasances, masculinised, masculinises, masculinizes, mesalliances, misalliances, miscellanies, miscellanist, nucleoplasms, resemblances, sacramentals, scopolamines, sectionalism, unscramblers. | |
+5 letters: anecdotalisms, clamorousness, commensalisms, complaisances, compressional, comradeliness, displacements, elasmobranchs, emasculations, lowerclassman, lowerclassmen, maliciousness, masculinities, mercantilisms, mercantilists, mercurialness, microanalyses, miscellaneous, miscellanists, misplacements, neoclassicism, neoplasticism, sclerenchymas, sectionalisms, underclassman, underclassmen, upperclassman, upperclassmen, whimsicalness. | |
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