Synonyms for becalm
All synonyms
Verb
1. Calm — to make calm or still; make quiet; calm
calm, still, soothe, quiet, lay, steady, pacify, compose, lull, quell, tranquilize US, tranquillise UK, tranquillize UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
Forms
- Past participle
- becalmed
e.g. becalmed → calmed, stilled, soothed, quieted…
Example sentences
- lay I'm going to lay aside that money for emergencies.
- calm Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
- steady Jack and Betty have been going steady for a month.
- soothe I'll have to do something to soothe away this pain.
By length
- 3 letters
- lay1
- 4 letters
- calm1, lull1
- 5 letters
- still1, quiet2, quell1
- 6 letters
- steady2, soothe1, pacify3
- 7 letters
- compose2
- 11 letters
- tranquilize3
- 12 letters
- tranquillise, tranquillize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).