calmness

Other forms of calmness

plural

calmnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about calmness

What does calmness mean?

calmness means "steadiness of mind under stress". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in calmness?

calmness has 2 syllables: calm-ness. The stress falls on "calm". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmnəs/.

What is another word for calmness?

Close synonyms include composure, calm, equanimity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of calmness?

The recorded antonyms are agitation.

Is calmness a common word?

calmness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.