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Synonyms for composed

  • adjective

Most common

patient collected self-contained equanimous unabashed

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Adjective

collected, calm, serene, unruffled, imperturbable, tranquil, sedate, self-possessed, quiet, self-contained, cool, sober, placid, staid, still, level-headed, peaceful, unmoved, poised, relaxed, phlegmatic, philosophical, dispassionate, unflappable, patient, equanimous, temperate, unabashed

Antonyms

warm, hot-headed, overwrought

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Showing composure.

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Composed or Collected?

One is composed who has subdued excited feeling; he is collected when he has every thought, feeling, or perception awake and at command.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • patient The patient is getting worse and worse day by day.
  • collected Stones collected from all over the world are used.
  • unabashed An unabashed scumbag like you wouldn't understand.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
composedfalling
patientrising
collectedfalling
equanimousrising
unabashedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
cool1, calm1
5 letters
still1, quiet2, sober2, staid1
6 letters
poised1, serene2, placid2, sedate2
7 letters
patient2, relaxed2, unmoved2
8 letters
peaceful2, tranquil2
9 letters
collected3, temperate2, unabashed3, unruffled3
10 letters
phlegmatic3, equanimous
11 letters
unflappable4
13 letters
philosophical5, dispassionate4, imperturbable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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posé
Español
calmado