peace | (noun) a treaty to cease hostilities | Synonyms: pacification, peace treaty |
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(noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity |
(noun) the state prevailing during the absence of war | - |
(noun) harmonious relations; freedom from disputes | - |
(noun) the general security of public places | Synonyms: public security |
peaceableness | (noun) a state that is calm and tranquil | Synonyms: peacefulness |
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peacefulness | (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, repose, serenity |
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(noun) a state that is calm and tranquil | Synonyms: peaceableness |
peacekeeper | (noun) the pistol of a law officer in the old West | - |
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(noun) someone who keeps peace | - |
(noun) a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area | - |
peacekeeping | (noun) the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) | Synonyms: peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation |
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peacemaker | (noun) someone who tries to bring peace | Synonyms: conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, reconciler |
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peacenik | (noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | Synonyms: dove |
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peacetime | (noun) a period of time during which there is no war | - |
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peach | (noun) a shade of pink tinged with yellow | Synonyms: apricot, salmon pink, yellowish pink |
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(noun) downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | - |
(noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
(noun) cultivated in temperate regions | Synonyms: peach tree, Prunus persica |
peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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peachwood | (noun) tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry | Synonyms: brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata, peach-wood, pernambuco wood |
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peacoat | (noun) a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket | Synonyms: pea jacket |
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peacock | (noun) male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots | - |
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(noun) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot | Synonyms: Inachis io, peacock butterfly |