STILLNESS

Pronunciation (US):

• STILLNESS (noun)
  The noun STILLNESS has 3 senses:

1. (poetic) tranquil silence
2. calmness without winds
3. a state of no motion or movement

  Familiarity information: STILLNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

• STILLNESS (noun)

Meaning:

(poetic) tranquil silence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hush; stillness; still

Context example:

the still of the night

Hypernyms ("stillness" is a kind of...):

quiet; silence (the absence of sound)

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Meaning:

Calmness without winds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

windlessness; stillness

Hypernyms ("stillness" is a kind of...):

calmness (an absence of strong winds or rain)

Meaning:

A state of no motion or movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness

Context example:

the utter motionlessness of a marble statue

Hypernyms ("stillness" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stillness"):

fixedness; immobility; stationariness (remaining in place)