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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
affliction, at rest, bane, besetment, bother, botheration, calm, cloistered, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, curse, detached, disease, dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, epidemic, even-tenored, exasperation, halcyon, hushed, impassive, inexcitable, infestation, invasion, irenic, irritant, isolated, moldering, nuisance, outbreak, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, pes, pest, pestilence, philosophical, plague, poised, quiescent, quiet, rash, ravage, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, scourge, secluded, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning
Dictionary Results for placid:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
placid
    adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy
           waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the
           placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of
           tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a
           smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still
           water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet,
           still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled]
    2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone
       shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the
       repeated delays" [syn: equable, even-tempered, good-
       tempered, placid]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Placid \Plac"id\, a. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild,
   from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See Please.]
   Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful;
   tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek
   regard." --Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of
   infancy." --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

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