Halcyon
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English
Noun
Halcyon (plural Halcyons)- In classical legends, a bird said to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters.
- (poetic) a kingfisher
- (zoology) A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher Halcyon sancta of Australia.
Adjective
Halcyon (comparative more Halcyon, superlative most Halcyon)
- Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher
- Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
Adverbs for Halcyon
gently; calmly; peacefully; gratefully; delightfully; gloriously; enviably; agreeably; providentially; happily; sunnily; smoothly; charmingly; blissfully; comfortably; beatifically; cloudlessly; unbelievably; refreshingly; felicitously; miraculously; incomparably.
Synonyms for Halcyon
- (calm, serene): at peace, blissful, calm, peaceful, prelapsarian, relaxed, serene
- golden, tranquil, placid, peaceful, unruffled, quiet, happy.
Antonyms for Halcyon
stormy, turbulent, rough, tempestuous, ruffled, disorderly.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
at peace, at rest, balmy, bloodless, blooming, blossoming, booming, bright, calm, clear, cloistered, concordant, cool, dwindling, ebbing, even-tenored, exuberant, fair, fat, flourishing, flowering, fruiting, going strong, hushed, idyllic, impassive, in full swing, in good case, isolated, mild, moldering, orderly, pacific, palmy, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid, prospering, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, rosy, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, sleek, smooth, soft, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, sunny, thriving, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, vigorous, waning