calm down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
After the fight both men need to cool off.
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- composure derivation
Sense 2 verb
make calm or still
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- commove antonym
- tranquilizer derivation
- serenity derivation
- hush derivation
- lull derivation
Sense 3 verb
become quiet or less intensive
the fighting lulled for a moment
Types & categories
- silence hypernym
Related & opposite
- lull derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | composure |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | commove |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tranquilizer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | serenity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lull |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | comfort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lull |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | compose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assuage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reassure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lull |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | silence |