Peaceable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peaceable \Peace"a*ble\, a. [OE. peisible, F. paisible.]
     Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not
     disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
     -- {Peace"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Peace"a*bly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Syn: Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed;
          serene; still.
  
     Usage: {Peaceable}, {Peaceful}. Peaceable describes the state
            of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to
            external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect
            to internal disturbance. The former denotes "in the
            spirit of peace;" latter; "in the possession or
            enjoyment of peace." A peaceable adjustment of
            difficulties; a peaceful life, scene.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peaceable
       adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable
              spirit"; "peace-loving citizens" [syn: {peace-loving}]
       2: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; "the pacific
          temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice
          rather than by force"; "a quiet and peaceable person"; "in
          a peaceable and orderly manner" [syn: {pacific}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "peaceable":
     agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless,
     broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered,
     compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool,
     cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing,
     even-tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial,
     gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic,
     impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind,
     lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering,
     neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant,
     nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic,
     pastoral, peace-loving, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid,
     pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful,
     resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered,
     simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still,
     still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued,
     subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil,
     unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile,
     unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled,
     unstirring, untroubled, waning, well-affected, well-disposed,
     well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant