Tranquil

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/

Origin

From Latin tranquillus.

Full definition of tranquil

Adjective

1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
• 1847, Charlotte Brontë, , chapter XXVIIISome time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
2. Calm; without motion or sound.
• 1921, Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography, page 262...that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

Synonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance) calm, peaceful, serene, steady
• (calm; without motion or sound) peaceful

Antonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance) agitated

Related terms

• tranquillity
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness