PEACEFUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does peaceful mean?
• PEACEFUL (adjective)
The adjective PEACEFUL has 3 senses:
1. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
2. peacefully resistant in response to injustice
3. (of groups) not violent or disorderly
Familiarity information: PEACEFUL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PEACEFUL (adjective)
Meaning:
Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
Context examples:
a peaceful nation / peaceful times / a far from peaceful Christmas / peaceful sleep
Similar:
undisturbed (peaceful without disturbance)
peace-loving; peaceable (inclined or disposed to peace)
dovish; pacifist; pacifistic (opposed to war)
pacific; peaceable (disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature)
nonbelligerent (not directly at war)
pacific (promoting peace)
irenic (conducive to peace)
halcyon (idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity)
Also:
amicable (characterized by friendship and good will)
nonaggressive; unaggressive (not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness)
quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)
nonviolent (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence)
Antonym:
unpeaceful (not peaceful)
Meaning:
Peacefully resistant in response to injustice
Synonyms:
passive; peaceful
Context example:
passive resistance
Similar:
nonviolent (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence)
Meaning:
(of groups) not violent or disorderly
Synonyms:
law-abiding; peaceful
Context example:
the right of peaceful assembly
Similar:
orderly (devoid of violence or disruption)
