AskDefine | Define equable

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equable adj
1 not varying; "an equable climate"
2 not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: even-tempered, good-tempered, placid]

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English

Adjective

  1. unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform
  2. In the context of "of temperature": free from extremes of heat or cold
  3. In the context of "of emotions etc": not easily disturbed; tranquil

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, calm, collected, composed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent, dispassionate, easygoing, equal, equivalent, even, even-tempered, flat, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, invariable, level, level-headed, levelheaded, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peaceful, persistent, placid, regular, reposeful, robotlike, same, serene, smooth, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tranquil, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying
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