composure
Other forms: composures
When you stay calm under pressure, you keep your composure. Keeping your composure for a skinned knee? Easy. Keeping your composure during an avalanche? Not so easy.
The word composure is from the related word composed, but don't think of the word in the musical sense. In this case, composed means calm. What's the difference between the two? Well, composed is an adjective, so you simply are composed. Composure, on the other hand, is a noun, so you can lose, keep, regain, or maintain your composure — your ability to stay calm. If you lose your composure, you're freaking out.
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steadiness of mind under stress“he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity”
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synonyms:
calm, calmness, equanimity
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Antonyms:
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discomposure
a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure
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types:
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aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid
great coolness and composure under strain
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placidity, quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity
a disposition free from stress or emotion
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ataraxia
peace of mind
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type of:
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disposition, temperament
your usual mood
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discomposure
Vocabulary lists containing composure
In this first book of the Masterminds trilogy, a shocking secret about the safe and happy life in Serenity, New Mexico is revealed through the perspectives of five middle school students.
In the Kingdom of Mangkon, twelve-year-old Sodsai Mudawan lies about her family's background so that she could have a chance at a bright future.
When twelve-year-old beach-loving Ohioan Eddie Gordon Holloway runs out of clean clothes, he must finally do his laundry in the basement, where suddenly, the lights go dark.
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