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Synonyms & Antonyms of stillness
1
a state of freedom from storm or disturbance
- dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon
Synonyms for stillness
- calm,
- calmness,
- hush,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- quiet,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- repose,
- restfulness,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- still,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
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2
incapacity for or restraint from speaking
- from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived
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3
the near or complete absence of sound
- the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee
Synonyms for stillness
Words Related to stillness
- calm,
- lull,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility)
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