PEACETIME Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

peacetime

noun

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as in peace

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Recent Examples of peacetime That hasn't lowered tensions in the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime. —

Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2026 More than 100 ships, including dozens of tankers, would transit the strait each day in peacetime. —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 How much more dangerous could a regime become than one willing to murder innocents, during peacetime, 8,500 miles away? —

Katherine Ellison, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2026 The immediate priority of both countries has been economic recovery, after years of mismanagement and decline resulted in the largest peacetime refugee crisis in the Western Hemisphere’s history. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peacetime

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peace

Noun

The other thing Jeffries can do as Minority Leader, which is in service of the first, is to keep the peace within his caucus.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Compare options, check the fine print, and make one small adjustment that protects your peace.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026