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Synonyms for poise
pɔɪzpoise
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Princeton's WordNet
poisenoun
a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
Synonyms:
assuredness, sang-froid, aplomb, coolpoisenoun
a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
Synonyms:
assuredness, sang-froid, aplomb, coolaplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froidverb
great coolness and composure under strain
"keep your cool"
Synonyms:
assuredness, sang-froid, aplomb, coolpoiseverb
be motionless, in suspension
"The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked"
brace, poiseverb
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
Synonyms:
brace, stabilize, energize, arouse, energise, stabilise, steady, balance, perk up, stimulatepoiseverb
cause to be balanced or suspended
poise, balanceverb
hold or carry in equilibrium
Synonyms:
equilibrize, brace, equilibrate, balance, equilibrise
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
poisenoun
Synonyms:
balance, equilibrium, equipoisepoiseverb
Synonyms:
balance, hold or place in equilibrium
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
poisenoun
Synonyms:
equipoise, balance, equilibriumpoiseverb
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1457 | cool | |
#1963 | balance | |
#7181 | steady | |
#9912 | cursor | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#16663 | brace | |
#19215 | temper | |
#23728 | stabilize | |
#41399 | energize | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#46334 | composure | |
#49465 | poise | |
#64443 | stabilise | |
#88559 | aplomb | |
#97124 | energise | |
#142028 | equilibrate | |
#296139 | assuredness |
How to use poise in a sentence?
It just shows us how connected we are (against) a team like that that can get in your head and press and cause turnovers, it just shows our poise throughout the game: Just stay level-headed and keep going at it.
Western Michigan coach Tim Lester:
The biggest positive was Kaleb was a little flighty early, but he calmed down, i was very proud of the poise of that kid because this was his first Power Five game, and it’s faster. He got hit a couple times, and he kept getting up, kept getting up.
It was probably a little more on us and how we sat back and didn’t have enough poise and continue to make plays and have the pace that we were having in the second period especially, that was kind of what we wanted to get back to in overtime, and obviously they scored early on.
What I loved was the fact that our guys were able to regather themselves, had our poise and composure about ourselves, in terms of being able to finish out practice, i thought credit to both teams to be able to do that because you see when things get chippy early on, sometimes you end up having to cancel those practices. We definitely didnt want to lose that practice opportunity and to the players credit, we didnt.
At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
Translations for poise
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- اتزانArabic
- Fassung, Gelassenheit, Haltung, Ausdruck, GleichgewichtGerman
- equilibrioSpanish
- tasapaino, poisi, arvokkuus, luontevuus, itsevarmuusFinnish
- assurance, équilibre, aisance, aplomb, sang-froidFrench
- stato di graziaItalian
- 落ち着きJapanese
- 평정Korean
- status rigidusLatin
- kroppsholdningNorwegian
- изготавливаться, уравновешенностьRussian
- poazSerbo-Croatian
- ชั่งThai
- באַלאַנסירןYiddish
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