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Roget's Thesaurus

#721. Peace

Nouns

peace; amity etc. (friendship) 888; harmony etc. (concord) 714; tranquility, calm etc. (quiescence) 265; truce, peace treaty, accord etc. (pacification) 723; peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace. piping time of peace, quiet life; neutrality. [symbol of peace] dove of peace, white dove. [person who favors peace] dove. pax Romana [Lat.]; Pax Americana [Lat.].

Verbs

be at peace; keep the peace etc. (concord) 714. make peace etc. 723.

Adjectives

pacific; peaceable, peaceful; calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon; bloodless; neutral. dovish

Phrases

the storm blown over; the lion lies down with the lamb; all quiet on the Potomac; paritur pax bello [Lat.] [Nepos]; peace hath her victories no less renowned than war [Milton]; they make a desert and they call it peace."


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