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peaceful

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • peaceful protest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: warring, at war

2

adj

Meaning 2

Inclined to peace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dovish, irenic, pacate, peaceable, pacific, pacifistic, roolie, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenical, non-violent, pacifist, peaceful, unaggressive

Antonyms: belligerent, violent, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, contentious, debateful, discordant, disputatious, factious, fractious, fratchety, fratchy, litigious, logomachic, pettifogging, quarrelous, quarrelsome, rantankerous, squabbly, strifeful, unpacific

3

adj

Meaning 3

Motionless and calm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tranquil, placid, still, quiet, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid-back, level-headed, mellow, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, quiescent, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untumultuous

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A non-player character who is not hostile to the player.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

Examples

  • You can trade with some of the peacefuls in the town area.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India, Internet, offensive

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a peaceful nation
  • peaceful times
  • a far from peaceful Christmas
  • peaceful sleep

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peaceable

Antonyms: unpeaceful

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

peacefully resistant in response to injustice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • passive resistance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: passive

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English peesful, pesful, paisful, pesefull. By surface analysis, peace + -ful.

Derived from the derogatory term religion of peace, which is used against Islam itself for its association with violent attacks by Islamic extremists, and alleged support and lack of condemnation against them by certain Muslim communities.

Across languages

Translations

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vreedsaam — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Arabic: سِلْمِيّ (silmiyy) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Armenian: խաղաղ (xaġaġ) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Asturian: pacíficu — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Azerbaijani: dinc — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Belarusian: спако́йны (spakójny) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Belarusian: мі́рны (mírny) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Belarusian: ці́хі (cíxi) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Bulgarian: ми́рен (míren) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Bulgarian: споко́ен (spokóen) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Bulgarian: тих (tih) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Catalan: pacífic — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平安 (píng'ān) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Czech: pokojný — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Dutch: vredevol — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Dutch: vredig — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Dutch: vreedzaam — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Esperanto: paca — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Finnish: rauhallinen — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Finnish: rauhanomainen — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • French: paisible — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Galician: pacífico — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Georgian: მშვიდობიანი (mšvidobiani) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • German: friedlich — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Hebrew: שָׁקֵט — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Hindi: शांत (śānt) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Hungarian: békés — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Ingrian: sopulikas — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Irish: suaimhneach — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Italian: pacifico — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Japanese: 平和な (heiwa na) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Korean: 평화롭다 (pyeonghwaropda) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Latin: pācātus — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Macedonian: мирен (miren) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Malay: damai — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Malay: aman — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Māori: mārie — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Māori: aumārire — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Māori: houkura — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Marshallese: aenōm̧m̧an — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Norman: paisibl'ye — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Occitan: pacific — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Old English: friþsum — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Plautdietsch: frädlich — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Polish: pokojowy — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Portuguese: pacífico — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Russian: ми́рный (mírnyj) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Serbo-Croatian: ми́ран — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Serbo-Croatian: míran — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Slovak: pokojný — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Slovene: miren — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Turkish: barışta — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Turkish: sulhta (obsolecent) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Ukrainian: ми́рний (mýrnyj) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Ukrainian: спокі́йний (spokíjnyj) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Ukrainian: ти́хий (týxyj) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Uzbek: tinch — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Vietnamese: hòa bình — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Walloon: påjhûle — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Walloon: påjhire — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Yiddish: שלומדיק (sholemdik) — not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  • Arabic: مُسَالِم (musālim) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Armenian: խաղաղասեր (xaġaġaser) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Asturian: pacetible — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Asturian: pacible — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Azerbaijani: dinc — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Belarusian: мі́рны (mírny) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Belarusian: міралюбі́вы (miraljubívy) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Bulgarian: ми́рен (míren) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Catalan: pacífic — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Czech: mírumilovný — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Dutch: vredig — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Dutch: vreedzaam — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Esperanto: pacema — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Finnish: rauhallinen — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Finnish: rauhantahtoinen — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • French: paisible — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • French: pacifique — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Galician: pacífico — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Georgian: მშვიდობისმოყვარული (mšvidobismoq̇varuli) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • German: friedfertig — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (gawairþeigs) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Hungarian: békés — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Hungarian: békeszerető — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Ingrian: sopulikas — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Irish: suaimhneach — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Japanese: 穏和な (onwa na) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Latin: pācātus — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Macedonian: мирољубив (miroljubiv) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Māori: mārie — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Māori: aumārire — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Māori: houkura — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Marshallese: aenōm̧m̧an — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Norman: paisibl'ye — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fredelig — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Plautdietsch: frädlich — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Polish: bezkonfliktowy — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Portuguese: pacífico — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Romanian: pașnic — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Russian: ми́рный (mírnyj) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Russian: миролюби́вый (miroljubívyj) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Turkish: uysal — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Turkish: yumuşak başlı — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Ukrainian: ми́рний (mýrnyj) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Ukrainian: миролю́бний (myroljúbnyj) — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Walloon: påjhûle — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Walloon: påjhire — inclined to peace; peaceable
  • Armenian: խաղաղ (xaġaġ) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Armenian: հանդարտ (handart) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Asturian: pacible — motionless and calm; placid
  • Asturian: calmu — motionless and calm; placid
  • Azerbaijani: dinc — motionless and calm; placid
  • Azerbaijani: sakit — motionless and calm; placid
  • Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Catalan: assossegat — motionless and calm; placid
  • Czech: klidný — motionless and calm; placid
  • Dutch: vredig — motionless and calm; placid
  • Esperanto: paca — motionless and calm; placid
  • Finnish: rauhallinen — motionless and calm; placid
  • French: placide — motionless and calm; placid
  • French: calme — motionless and calm; placid
  • Galician: calmo — motionless and calm; placid
  • German: friedlich — motionless and calm; placid
  • Hebrew: שָׁלֵו — motionless and calm; placid
  • Hebrew: שָׁקֵט — motionless and calm; placid
  • Ingrian: rauhalliin — motionless and calm; placid
  • Ingrian: rauhain — motionless and calm; placid
  • Irish: sámh — motionless and calm; placid
  • Italian: calmo — motionless and calm; placid
  • Japanese: 平穏な (heion na) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Japanese: 平静な (heisei na) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Korean: 평화롭다 (pyeonghwaropda) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Macedonian: мирен (miren) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Māori: whakaaio — motionless and calm; placid
  • Ossetian: ӕнцад (æncad) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Plautdietsch: stell — motionless and calm; placid
  • Plautdietsch: frädlich — motionless and calm; placid
  • Polish: spokojny — motionless and calm; placid
  • Portuguese: calmo — motionless and calm; placid
  • Portuguese: tranquilo — motionless and calm; placid
  • Russian: ми́рный (mírnyj) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Scottish Gaelic: foiseil — motionless and calm; placid
  • Scottish Gaelic: suaimhneach — motionless and calm; placid
  • Turkish: huzurlu — motionless and calm; placid
  • Turkish: sakin — motionless and calm; placid
  • Ottoman Turkish: دولك (dölek) — motionless and calm; placid
  • Tuvaluan: filemu — motionless and calm; placid
  • Walloon: påjhûle — motionless and calm; placid
  • Walloon: påjhire — motionless and calm; placid