Word Meanings - EQUABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings
Additional info about word: EQUABLE
1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EQUABLE)
- Even
- Level
- smooth
- uniform
- equable
- plain
- flush
- well-balanced
- equal
- Orderly
- Regular
- peaceable
- methodical
- quiet
- Steady
- Firm
- fixed
- constant
- consistent
- regular
- undeviating
- well-regulated
- Uniform
- Unvarying
- invariable
- conformable
- homogeneous
- even
- alike
- unvaried
- symmetrical
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EQUABLE)
Related words: (words related to EQUABLE)
- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - EQUABLENESS
Quality or state of being equable. - ROUSE
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. - REGULARITY
The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - UNIFORMISM
The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism. - AGITATE
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly - CONFORMABLE
1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; --usually followed by to. The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - PLAINTIVE
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n. - EQUALIZER
One who, or that which, equalizes anything. - FLUSHING
A surface formed of floating threads. (more info) 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the - HOMOGENEOUSNESS
Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material. - UNIFORMAL
Uniform. Herrick. - LEVELER
1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist. - LEVEL
libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is - UNIFORMLY
In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of - REGULARIA
A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins. - PLAINTIFF
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - REFIX
To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. - IRREGULARITY
The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular. - AFFIX
figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - DEFIX
To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - SEA LEVEL
The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. - UNEQUALABLE
Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle. - EFFLAGITATE
To ask urgently. Cockeram. - AFFIXION
Affixture. T. Adams. - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform. - UNQUIET
To disquiet. Ld. Herbert.