comfort
noun. good feeling; ease
- abundance
- alleviation
- amenity
- assuagement
- bed of roses
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- complacency
- contentment
- convenience
- coziness
- creature comforts
- enjoyment
- exhilaration
- facility
- gratification
- happiness
- luxury
- opulence
- peacefulness
- pleasure
- plenty
- poise
- quiet
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- snugness
- succor
- sufficiency
- warmth
- well-being
comforts
noun. good feeling; ease
- abundance
- alleviation
- amenity
- assuagement
- bed of roses
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- complacency
- contentment
- convenience
- coziness
- creature comforts
- enjoyment
- exhilaration
- facility
- gratification
- happiness
- luxury
- opulence
- peacefulness
- pleasure
- plenty
- poise
- quiet
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- snugness
- succor
- sufficiency
- warmth
- well-being
compose
verb. calm, bring under control
- adjust
- allay
- appease
- arrange
- assuage
- balm
- becalm
- check
- collect
- comfort
- console
- contain
- control
- cool
- ease
- ease up
- hold in
- lessen
- let up
- lull
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- pacify
- placate
- quell
- quiet
- re-collect
- reconcile
- regulate
- rein
- relax
- repress
- resolve
- restrain
- settle
- simmer down
- slacken
- smother
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- still
- suppress
- temper
- tranquilize
- tune down
composing
verb. calm, bring under control
- adjust
- allay
- appease
- arrange
- assuage
- balm
- becalm
- check
- collect
- comfort
- console
- contain
- control
- cool
- ease
- ease up
- hold in
- lessen
- let up
- lull
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- pacify
- placate
- quell
- quiet
- re-collect
- reconcile
- regulate
- rein
- relax
- repress
- resolve
- restrain
- settle
- simmer down
- slacken
- smother
- soften
- solace
- soothe
- still
- suppress
- temper
- tranquilize
- tune down
composure
noun. calmness, collectedness
- accord
- aplomb
- assurance
- balance
- calm
- contentment
- control
- cool
- cool head
- coolheadedness
- coolness
- dignity
- dispassion
- ease
- equanimity
- equilibrium
- even temper
- evenness
- fortitude
- harmony
- imperturbability
- inexcitability
- levelheadedness
- moderation
- nonchalance
- peace of mind
- placidity
- poise
- polish
- presence of mind
- quiet
- quietude
- repose
- sang-froid
- sedateness
- self-assurance
- self-control
- self-possession
- serenity
- sobriety
- stability
- tranquility
conciliatory
adjective. placid, yielding
conservative
adjective. cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo
- Tory
- bourgeois
- constant
- controlled
- conventional
- die-hard
- fearful
- firm
- fogyish
- fuddy-duddy
- guarded
- hard hat
- hidebound
- holding to
- illiberal
- in a rut
- inflexible
- middle-of-the-road
- not extreme
- obstinate
- old guard
- old line
- orthodox
- quiet
- reactionary
- redneck
- right
- right of center
- right-wing
- sober
- stable
- steady
- timid
- traditional
- traditionalistic
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncreative
- undaring
- unimaginative
- unprogressive
- white bread
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