Dictionary

pacific en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pəˈsɪfɪk/
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Etymology

From Middle French pacifique.

Meanings

1. Calm, peaceful.
   • The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “After Twenty Years”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 214:
2. Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
   • "Oh, of course I'm not really in favour of hanging," admitted Mr Carlyle. "Nobody really is. But we go on hanging. Mr Drishna is a dangerous animal who for the sake of pacific animals must cease to exist. […]" 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
   • The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown. 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume I (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 3:

Forms

Antonyms

hawkish · martial · bellicose · violent · militant

Deriveds

pacifically · unpacific · pacificity · pacificism · nonpacific · Pacific Ocean · pacificist

Relateds

pacifism · pacifist · pacify

Synonyms

peaceable · pacific · steady · equanimous · unfazed · pacific · unperturbable · peaceable · level-headed · mellow · peaceful · peaceable · dovelike · pacifistic · calm · cool-headed · unaggressive · placid · peaceful · unflustered · serene · collected · even-minded · even-keeled · irenic · dovish · untumultuous · non-violent · unexcited · even-tempered · still · relaxed · equable · pacate · quiescent · unflappable · nonviolent · unruffable · tranquil · imperturbable · peaceful · laid-back · composed · equanimitable · quiet · sedate · dovish · unruffled · roolie · irenical · pacifist · anti-bellicist · phlegmatic

Translations (40)

is kyrrlátur (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · it pacifico (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · hi शांत (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · mk ми́рен (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · hi शान्त (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · ja 穏和な (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · mk сми́рен (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · hi प्रशांत (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · de still (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · be міралюбі́вы (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · ja 穏やかな (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · hy խաղաղասեր (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · ja 平静な (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · is friðsæll (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · mk миро́љубив (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · bg миролюбив (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · ja 非暴力の (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · de ruhig (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · wa påjhûle (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · ja 平和な (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · ja 穏やかな (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · fr pacifique (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · is kyrr (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · wa påjhire (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · he שקט (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · fr pacifique (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · ja 平和主義的な (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · es pacífico (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · hy խաղաղ (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · ru миролюби́вый (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · la pācifer (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · de friedlich (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · mk спо́коен (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · bg спокоен (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · bg мирен (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · pt pacífico (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · he משקיט (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · pt tranqüilo (calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful) · uk миролю́бний (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful) · es pacífico (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful)