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self possessed
adjective as in levelheaded
adjective as in nerveless
adjective as in assured
adjective as in patient
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adjective as in placid
adjective as in sane
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adjective as in serene
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adjective as in sober
adjective as in steady
adjective as in sure
adjective as in unflappable
adjective as in level-headed
adjective as in calm
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adjective as in self-possessed
adjective as in relaxed
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adjective as in collected
adjective as in complacent
adjective as in composed
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adjective as in cool
adjective as in easygoing
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- adaptable
- amenable
- calm
- collected
- complacent
- complaisant
- composed
- devil-may-care
- equable
- flexible
- free and easy
- hang-loose
- indolent
- indulgent
- informal
- insouciant
- lazy
- lenient
- liberal
- low-pressure
- moderate
- nonchalant
- patient
- permissive
- poised
- slack
- soft
- tolerant
- unaffected
- unconcerned
- uncritical
- undemanding
- uninhibited
- unpretentious
adjective as in imperturbable
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Example Sentences
Later, when I interviewed Bolotov, a tall, self-possessed man, no apology for the confrontation was offered.
The saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her cocaine drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.
Neither trigger-happy nor hesitant, but steely, self-possessed, and clear-eyed.
Even the more polished, informed, self-possessed Romney seems cursed with an Eddie Haskell air of insincerity and deceitfulness.
By the late 1980s, the saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.
In them the tragedy of life was tumultuously visible, yet they were serene, self-possessed, even steady in their quiet simplicity.
Stanley and Jim also, with several of the officers on board, were cool and self-possessed, and able to render good service.
He seemed to be wonderfully self-possessed, and his manners were those, as far as I could judge, of a well-bred young gentleman.
His distress contrasted strongly with the calm, self-possessed demeanour of the beautiful Thyra at this time of supreme peril.
He knew it would do Jack good to yield to his sorrow for a brief while, for he would soon become cooler and more self-possessed.
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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-possessed, such as: collected, composed, confident, cool, easy, and poised.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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