COMPOSE Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

compose

verb

kəm-ˈpōz

as in to prepare

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form composed a statement on this hot-button issue that managed to satisfy absolutely no one

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as in to comprise

to be all the substance of the earth's crust is composed of mostly silicon with several other elements in smaller amounts

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as in to calm

to free from distress or disturbance the first order of business was to compose the injured pedestrian

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as in to contain

to gain emotional or mental control of she took a deep breath and composed herself

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Recent Examples of compose The new home in Allapattah (less than a mile from its previous location in the Wynwood arts district), is now composed of six former industrial buildings connected on a single level. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 To compose a linguistically hybrid text is natural and necessary for some writers, but then, when time comes to publish the work, again, fixed notions of language and the boundaries between them force us to make a choice. —

Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 Studies of people with brain disorders demonstrate that the self — our personal identity — is composed of many different cognitive processes. —

Masud Husain, Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026 Similar to this Banana Republic top, this vest is composed of a lightweight, breathable material that won’t cling to or overheat you. —

Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for compose

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Despite intelligence that Saigon would be overrun by the North Vietnamese Army in a matter of days, the American Ambassador, Graham Martin, refused to prepare for an evacuation.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The only lockers with equipment left in them belonged to Alexandre Carrier and Noah Dobson, the team’s only two right-shot defencemen, two players who were clearly not boarding that flight the team’s equipment staff was preparing for.

— Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026