Synonyms of pacific

pacific

adjective

1

as in peaceful

tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility

as a pacific gesture, we invited our feuding neighbors to our backyard barbecue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peaceful
• conciliatory
• benevolent
• soothing
• kind
• calming
• placatory
• gentle
• appeasing
• relaxing
• comforting
• propitiatory
• conciliating
• quieting
• disarming
• peacemaking
• placating
• mollifying
• kindly
• pacifying
• peaceable
• satisfying
• winning
• nonbelligerent
• passive
• ingratiating
• unassertive
• unaggressive
• tranquilizing
• amiable
• obliging
• tranquillizing
• winsome
• endearing
• good-natured
• amicable
• submissive
• surrendering
• genial
• agreeable
• affable
• lulling
• yielding
• good-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inflammatory
• abrasive
• provocative
• provoking
• aggravating
• annoying
• offensive
• irritating
• hostile
• frustrating
• maddening
• vexing
• exasperating
• irksome
• nagging
• antagonistic
• engaging
• military
• inhospitable
• belligerent
• galling
• unfriendly
• antagonizing
• inimical
• aggressive
• infuriating
• antipathetic
• combative
• bellicose
• confrontational
• pugnacious
• unsympathetic
• nettlesome
• nettling
• warlike
• assertive
• riling
• chafing
• agonistic
• martial
• militaristic
• quarrelsome
• rankling
• contentious
• truculent
• argumentative
• militant
• scrappy
• incensing

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• inflammatory
• abrasive
• provocative
• provoking
• aggravating
• annoying
• offensive
• irritating
• hostile
• frustrating
• maddening
• vexing
• exasperating
• irksome
• nagging
• antagonistic
• engaging
• military
• inhospitable
• belligerent
• galling
• unfriendly
• antagonizing
• inimical
• aggressive
• infuriating
• antipathetic
• combative
• bellicose
• confrontational
• pugnacious
• unsympathetic
• nettlesome
• nettling
• warlike
• assertive
• riling
• chafing
• agonistic
• martial
• militaristic
• quarrelsome
• rankling
• contentious
• truculent
• argumentative
• militant
• scrappy
• incensing

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2

as in pacifistic

inclined to live in peace and to avoid war

a pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pacifistic
• peaceful
• pacifist
• neutral
• peaceable
• benevolent
• serene
• quiet
• calm
• tranquil
• dovish
• nonaggressive
• mild
• nonbelligerent
• kind
• unwarlike
• amiable
• gentle
• irenic
• unaggressive
• noncombative
• relaxed
• amicable
• antiwar
• antimilitarist
• submissive
• genial
• affable
• kindly
• antimilitaristic
• yielding
• antiviolence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warlike
• martial
• bloodthirsty
• hawkish
• militaristic
• aggressive
• militarist
• belligerent
• hostile
• combative
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• contentious
• antagonistic
• quarrelsome
• discordant
• truculent
• scrappy
• fierce
• argumentative
• gladiatorial
• hot-tempered

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• warlike
• martial
• bloodthirsty
• hawkish
• militaristic
• aggressive
• militarist
• belligerent
• hostile
• combative
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• contentious
• antagonistic
• quarrelsome
• discordant
• truculent
• scrappy
• fierce
• argumentative
• gladiatorial
• hot-tempered

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