Calm vs Level-headed - What's the difference?
calm | level-headed | Synonyms |
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
(idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
* 1909 , , The Foreigner , ch. 7:
Level-headed is a antonym of calm.
Level-headed is a synonym of calm.
As adjectives the difference between calm and level-headed
is that calm is peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety while level-headed is sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.As a noun calm
is the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.As a verb calm
is to make calm.calm
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
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* calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdueAnagrams
* ----level-headed
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* level headed, levelheadedAdjective
- I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.
