calm

Meanings

Adjective

• Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• Free of noise and disturbance.
• with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
• Without wind or storm.

Noun

• The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
• The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
• A period of time without wind.

Verb

• To make calm.
• To become calm.

Related

Similar words

• allay, appease, calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue

Opposite words

• agitate
• excite

Origin

• From Middle English calm, calme, from Old French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. calma may derive from Late Latin cauma ("heat of the midday sun"), from Ancient Greek καῦμα ("heat, especially of the sun"), from καίω, or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz.