tranquil
Completely calm, quiet and peaceful.
tranquil in a sentence
- The tranquil garden was silent except for the trickle of the little fountain.
- At dawn the lake was tranquil, its surface smooth as glass without a single ripple.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to tranquil?
- Anoisy
- Bwild
- Ccalm
- Dbusy
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C: calm. The other three mean the opposite of tranquil.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tranquil?
- Acalm
- Bstill
- Cpeaceful
- Dnoisy
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D: noisy. The other three mean nearly the same as tranquil.
Words that mean something similar
calm, peaceful, still
Words that mean the opposite
noisy, busy, wild
More words about places & settings
- treacherous: Dangerous and full of hidden risks, or unable to be trusted.
- undergrowth: The bushes and plants that grow thickly under trees.
- vacant: Empty, with nobody using it.
- verge: The edge of something, or the moment just before something happens.
- void: A completely empty space.
- yonder: Over there, some distance away.
- adjacent: Right next to something else.
- ajar: Slightly open.
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