peaceful
Syllables: peace·ful/ˈpiːsfl̩/
peaceful adjective: not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
Adjective
peaceful (comparative more peaceful or peacefuller or peacefuler, superlative most peaceful or peacefullest or peacefulest)
- Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
- peaceful protest
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may...2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
- Inclined to peace.
- Synonyms:
- dovish, irenic, pacate, peaceable, pacific, pacifistic, roolie, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenical
- Antonyms:
- belligerent, violent, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, contentious, debateful, discordant, disputatious
- Motionless and calm.
- Attractive cottages look out on a scene so peaceful that lapping wavelets, stirred by the breeze, are often the loudest sound to be heard.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 220, about Hanmer, Wales
Noun
peaceful (plural peacefuls)
- A non-player character who is not hostile to the player.
- You can trade with some of the peacefuls in the town area.
- a Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.
- They only have to use a bit of code to name those people; nowadays they call them “peacefuls”. A smirking euphemism is all it takes to sail through Twitter’s filter, and keep the hate-speech flowing.2021, Raghu Karnad, The Wire
peaceful meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
peaceful in Hindi
- not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
- शांत śānt
peaceful in Marathi
- peaceful, stable
- शांत śānta
peaceful in Urdu
- مطمئن, پرامن, پرسکون
peaceful in Bengali
- peaceful, serene
- শান্ত śanto
More languagesFewer languages
- peaceful in Telugu
- శమి śami
- peaceful in Malayalam
- സമാധാനപൂർണ്ണമായ, നിരുപദ്രവമായ, കലഹിക്കാത്ത, പ്രശാന്തമായ
- peaceful in Kannada
- ಶಾಂತಿಯುತವಾದ, ಶಾಂತವಾದ, ಶಾಂತ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ
- peaceful in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਪੂਰਨ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤਮਈ
- peaceful in Gujarati
- શાંત śānt
- peaceful in Odia
- ଭଲ bhala
- peaceful in Sanskrit
- श्वान्त śvāntá, साधु sādhú
- peaceful in Assamese
- শান্ত xanto, শাঁত xãt
- peaceful in Nepali
- शान्तिमय, शान्तिपूर्ण
- peaceful in Arabic
- سِلْمِيّ silmiyy, مُسَالِم musālim
- peaceful in Malay
- damai, aman
- peaceful in Vietnamese
- hòa bình
Examples of peaceful in a sentence
- It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.
- I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
- The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
Synonyms of peaceful
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Antonyms
- warring
- at war
- belligerent
- violent
- agonistic
- argumentative
- bangsome
- bellicose
- contentious
- discordant
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Forms of peaceful
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more peaceful |
| comparative | peacefuller |
| comparative | peacefuler |
| superlative | most peaceful |
| superlative | peacefullest |
| superlative | peacefulest |
| alternative form (archaic) | peacefull |
| Noun | |
| plural | peacefuls |
Origin of peaceful
From Middle English peesful, pesful, paisful, pesefull. By surface analysis, peace + -ful. Displaced native Old English friþsum.
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.
Words formed from peaceful
Phrases with peaceful
Questions about peaceful
- What does peaceful mean?
- Peaceful means not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
- What is peaceful in Hindi?
- Peaceful in Hindi is शांत (śānt). See Peaceful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is peaceful?
- Peaceful can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce peaceful?
- Peaceful is pronounced /ˈpiːsfl̩/.
Words near peaceful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peaceful (page history and authors); शांत (Marathi) (page history and authors); peaceful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শান্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); శమి (Telugu) (page history and authors); peaceful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peaceful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peaceful (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); શાંત (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଭଲ (Odia) (page history and authors); श्वान्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); শাঁত (Assamese) (page history and authors); peaceful (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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