Synonyms and other interesting words about peace

This year’s Hysteria Writing Competition has a theme of peace and it would be easy to fall into familiar tropes and themes. Whilst a retelling in a fresh way can excite a reader, it’s rare to get something truly different so in the spirit of helping everyone along I thought I’d trawl the web’s best dictionaries and thesauri to come up with a definitive list of words/topics you could use in any writing competition that has a theme of peace.

Remember, you don’t need to use the word itself, just that the entry has to reflect the theme.

• peace, peacful, peacefulness
• accord
• hush
• quiet, quietude, quietness
• repose
• rest, restfulness
• still, stillness
• lull
• pause
• respite
• silence
• meditation
• relax, relaxed
• fellowship
• fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, solidarity
• friend, friendship
• affinity
• cohesion
• kinship
• oneness
• rapport
• fight
• amity
• concord
• harmony
• calm, calming
• quiet,
• serenity, sereneness, serene
• tranquility, tranquil
• stability
• pacification, pacific, pacify
• heartsease
• placidity, placid
• coexistence, coexist
• connection
• empathy
• collaboration
• support, help, helpfulness
• agreement, concensus
• sleep
• mindful, mindfulness
• freedom
• prayer

If you have any favourite words that reflect the theme please do share them below as a comment and I’ll add them to the list.

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