Synonyms of the word

poise

• n. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• n. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• n. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
• n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• n. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• n. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• n. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• n. (physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
• v. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
• v. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
• v. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
• v. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
• v. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
• v. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
• v. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
• v. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

aplomb

• n. self-confidence; poise; composure.
• n. (ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.

assuredness

• n. The state or quality of being assured.

balance

• n. (uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
• n. (uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
• n. something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight.
• n. a pair of scales.
• n. (uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
• n. (uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately…
• n. (uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
• n. (accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
• n. (accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
• n. (watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
• n. (law) the remainder.
• n. (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
• v. (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make (concepts) agree.
• v. (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from…
• v. (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
• v. (transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
• v. (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
• v. (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
• v. (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

bear

• n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
• n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
• n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
• n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
• n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
• n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
• n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
• v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
• adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
• v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
• v. (transitive) To carry something.
• v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
• v. (transitive) To wear or display.
• v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
• v. (transitive) To put up with something.
• v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
• v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
• v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
• v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
• v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
• v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
• v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
• v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
• v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
• v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
• v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
• v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
• v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
• n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
• n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

calm

• adj. (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• adj. (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
• adj. (of water) with little waves on the surface.
• adj. Without wind or storm.
• n. (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative…
• n. (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
• n. A period of time without wind.
• v. (transitive) To make calm.
• v. (intransitive) To become calm.

calmness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
• n. (countable) The product of being calm.

carry

• v. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
• v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
• v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
• v. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
• v. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
• v. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the…
• v. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
• v. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
• v. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
• v. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
• v. (transitive) To have on one's person.
• v. To be pregnant (with).
• v. To have propulsive power; to propel.
• v. To hold the head; said of a horse.
• v. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
• v. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in…
• v. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
• v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
• v. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
• v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
• n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
• n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
• n. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.

composure

• n. Calmness of mind or matter, self-possession.
• n. (obsolete) The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
• n. (obsolete) Orderly adjustment; disposition.
• n. (obsolete) frame; make; temperament.
• n. (obsolete) A combination; a union; a bond.

cool

• adj. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• adj. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
• adj. Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
• adj. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
• adj. Calmly audacious.
• adj. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
• adj. (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
• adj. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
• adj. (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
• adj. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
• n. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
• n. A calm temperament.
• v. (literally intransitive) To lose heat, to get colder.
• v. (transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• v. (transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• v. (transitive) To kill.

equanimity

• n. the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.

equilibrium

• n. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
• n. (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it…
• n. (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
• n. Mental balance.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

hover

• v. To float in the air.
• v. To linger in one place.
• v. To waver, or be uncertain.
• v. (computing) To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
• n. A cover; a shelter; a protection.

lay

• v. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
• v. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
• v. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
• v. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
• v. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
• v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
• v. (law) To state; to allege.
• v. (military) To point; to aim.
• v. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
• v. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
• v. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
• v. To apply; to put.
• v. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
• v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
• v. To present or offer.
• n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
• n. A share of the profits in a business.
• n. The direction a rope is twisted.
• n. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
• n. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. (slang, archaic) A plan; a scheme.
• n. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
• n. A lake.
• adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
• adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
• adj. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
• v. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
• v. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
• n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
• n. (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
• n. (obsolete) A law.
• n. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
• v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

place

• n. (physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
• n. A location or position in space.
• n. A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
• n. (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
• n. (obsolete, rhetoric) A topic.
• n. A frame of mind.
• n. (chess, obsolete) A chess position; a square of the chessboard.
• n. (social) A responsibility or position in an organization.
• n. (obsolete) A fortified position: a fortress, citadel, or walled town.
• n. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
• n. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
• n. Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
• v. (transitive) To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
• v. (intransitive) To earn a given spot in a competition.
• v. (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
• v. (transitive, passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
• v. (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
• v. (transitive) To arrange for or to make (a bet).
• v. (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.
• v. (sports, transitive) To place-kick (a goal).

pose

• n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
• v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
• v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
• v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
• n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
• n. Affectation.
• v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
• v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
• v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

prepare

• v. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
• v. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
• v. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
• v. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
• n. (obsolete) preparation.

put

• v. To place something somewhere.
• v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
• v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
• v. To express something in a certain manner.
• v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.).
• v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
• v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
• v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
• v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
• v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
• v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
• v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
• n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
• n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
• n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
• n. An old card game.
• n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

ready

• adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
• adj. Liable at any moment.
• adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
• adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
• v. To make prepared for action.
• n. (slang) ready money; cash.

sang-froid

• n. Composure, level-headedness, coolness in trying circumstances.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.