Synonyms for compose
kəmˈpoʊzcom·pose

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1. compose

   Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden. We allay suffering by using means to soothe and tranquilize the sufferer; we alleviate suffering by doing something toward removal of the cause, so that there is less to suffer; where the trouble is wholly or chiefly in the excitement, to allay the excitement is virtually to remove the trouble; as, to allay rage or panic; we alleviate poverty, but do not allay it. Pacify, directly from the Latin, and appease, from the Latin through the French, signify to bring to peace; to mollify is to soften; to calm, quiet, or tranquilize is to make still; compose, to place together, unite, adjust to a calm and settled condition; to soothe (originally to assent to, humor) is to bring to pleased quietude. We allay excitement, appease a tumult, calm agitation, compose our feelings or countenance, pacify the quarrelsome, quiet the boisterous or clamorous, soothe grief or distress. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:
   allay, alleviate, appease, calm, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

   Antonyms:
   agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up

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1. compose

   Synonyms:
   construct, compile, soothe, allay, calm, put together, constitute, draw up, frame, form, pacify, mitigate, settle, adjust, write

   Antonyms:
   analyze, awaken, stir, dissect, criticise, irritate, excite

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1. composeverb

   form the substance of

   "Greed and ambition composed his personality"

   Synonyms:
   compile, frame, draw up, write, indite, pen

2. compose, writeverb

   write music

   "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

   Synonyms:
   spell, save, draw up, pen, publish, indite, compile, frame, drop a line, write

3. write, compose, pen, inditeverb

   produce a literary work

   "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

   Synonyms:
   spell, draw up, pen, compile, save, indite, publish, frame, drop a line, write

4. compose, compileverb

   put together out of existing material

   "compile a list"

   Synonyms:
   accumulate, pile up, draw up, pen, hoard, indite, collect, compile, amass, frame, write, roll up

5. composeverb

   calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet

   "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"

   Synonyms:
   compile, frame, draw up, write, indite, pen

6. frame, compose, draw upverb

   make up plans or basic details for

   "frame a policy"

   Synonyms:
   put, cast, haul up, frame in, ensnare, frame, set up, frame up, write, redact, border, draw up, couch, indite, pen, entrap, compile, pull up, straighten up

Matched Categories

1. • Calm
   • Make
   • Make Up
   • Plan

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. composeverb

   Synonyms:
   constitute, form, make, compound, put together, make up

2. composeverb

   Synonyms:
   indite, write, frame, draw up, put or set down in writing, express by writing

3. composeverb

   Synonyms:
   adjust, settle, regulate

4. composeverb

   Synonyms:
   tranquillize, assuage, soothe, appease, pacify, calm, still, quiet, quell

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "compose":

   cope

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How to use compose in a sentence?

1. Tamara Simmons:

   I am a pianist, i compose some of my own original music. One of my most known compositions is called' Dreams Are Forever.'.

2. John Dingell:

   One of the advantages to knowing that your demise is imminent, and that reports of it will not be greatly exaggerated, is that you have a few moments to compose some parting thoughts, in our modern political age, the presidential bully pulpit seems dedicated to sowing division and denigrating, often in the most irrelevant and infantile personal terms, the political opposition.

3. Giuseppe Mazzini:

   The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.

4. Joaquin Quinonero Candela:

   It’s somewhere in some photo [collection] a friend of mine took but in a few years I will have forgotten who took it, we’re doing research on cracking the image open and understanding it at the individual pixel level. This is called image segmentation. We’re building the ability to understand the individual objects that compose an image.

5. Ludwig van Beethoven:

   I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.