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Definitions: Peacefulness |
PeacefulnessNoun1. A state that is calm and tranquil. 2. The absence of mental stress or anxiety. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peacefulness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1754. (references) |
Synonyms: PeacefulnessSynonyms: ataraxis (n), heartsease (n), peace (n), peace of mind (n), peaceableness (n), repose (n), serenity (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Peacefulness |
| English words defined with "peacefulness": Saturnian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peacefulness": Doves. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Peacefulness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peacefulness" is used about 27 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% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
peacefulness | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "peacefulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rauhallisuus (calm, tranquillity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tranquillité (peace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | friedlichkeit (peaceableness, placidity, placidness, tranquility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γαλήνη (calm, calmness, equanimity, placidity, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity), ειρηνικότησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kedamaian (tranquillity), keamanan (safety, security), keademan (felicity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pace (paces, pax, peace, rest, tranquility, tranquillity), serenit (peace, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 静謐 (tranquillity), 康寧 (tranquility), 恬然 (calm), 'らぎ (abatement, alleviation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいひつ (abbreviation, cutting out some strokes in a character, omitting some passages, simplified form of a character, tranquillity), "うねい (tranquility), やわらぎ (abatement, alleviation), て"ぜ" (calm, clairvoyant, dropping medicine in the eyes, emperor's countenance, rolling of eyes during convulsions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeoilid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eacefulnesspay pace (calm, composure, ease, easiness, harmony, peace, serenity, silence), caracter paşnic. (various references) мирность. (various references) ciùineas (calm, quietness). (various references) mirnoća (calm, calmness, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, temper, tranquillity), mir (calm, peace, quiet, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references) tranquilidad (calm, calmness, composure, ease, peace, presence of mind, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, sedateness, smoothness, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, tranquilness, unconcern), carácter pacífico. (various references) fredlighet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "peacefulness": peacefulnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peacefulness" (pronounced pē"sfulnus) |
| 7 | -s f u l n u s | forcefulness, resourcefulness, usefulness. |
| 6 | -f u l n u s | awfulness, harmfulness, hopefulness, playfulness, thoughtfulness, truthfulness, wastefulness, wistfulness, wonderfulness. |
| 5 | -u l n u s | casualness, fickleness, gentleness, idleness. |
| 4 | -l n u s | coolness, dullness, foulness, fullness, illness, reasonableness, smallness, stillness, wellness, wholeness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, 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, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, 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, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, 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, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-l-n-p-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: encapsules. | |
-3 letters: encapsule, fenceless, nucleases. | |
-4 letters: capsules, cleanses, cleanups, enclasps, escapees, euclases, faceless, nuclease, paleness, peaceful, scalenus, scaleups, senseful, spancels, unclasps, upscales. | |
-5 letters: canfuls, cansful, capfuls, capless, capsule, censual, clauses, cleanse, cleanup, easeful, elapses, encases, enclasp, enfaces, enlaces, escapee, escapes, essence, euclase, eupneas, feculae, feeless, fescues, fleeces, flenses, fulness, lacunes, launces, napless, panfuls, pencels. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-l-n-p-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: peacefulnesses. | |
+5 letters: reproachfulnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 61 63 65 66 75 6C 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .- -.-. . ..-. ..- .-.. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100001 01100011 01100101 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e a c e f u l n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0061 0063 0065 0066 0075 006C 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507167697172877880718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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