cool-headedness
1Cool-headedness — cool headed cool head ed, coolheaded cool head*ed, a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion; unshakably calm and collected. {Cool head ed*ness}, n. Syn: cool, imperturbable, unflappable. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] …
2composure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. placidity, serenity, self possession, calmness. See repose, inexcitability.Ant., agitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. calmness, equanimity, serenity, self possession, calm, collectedness, nonchalance,… …
3composure — n 1. aplomb, sang froid, poise, repose, self possession, self control, self command; presence of mind, level headedness, cool headedness, coolness, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, Inf. cool; quiescence, quiet, stillness, calmness,… …
4equanimity — n calmness, composure, peacefulness, tranquillity, serenity, placidity, peacefulness; imperturbability, inexcitability, unflappability, even tem peredness; presence of mind, level headedness, cool headedness, coolness, equability, equilibrium,… …
5phlegm — n 1. mucus, Inf. snot. 2. dullness, lethargy, hebetude, listlessness; sluggishness, slowness, languor, lassitude, indolence, torpidity, torpidness, torpor; inactivity, inactiveness, inertness, passiveness, passivity; apathy, indifference,… …
6serenity — n tranquillity, peacefulness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, quietness, calmness, stillness; peace of mind, ataraxia; imperturbability, unflappa bility, inexcitability, even temperedness; composure, self possession, self control, self… …
7philosophy — n 1. study of truth, natural philosophy, moral philosophy, metaphysical philosophy; metaphysics, Philos. aesthetics, epistemology, logic, logistic, symbolic logic, Aristotelian logic. 2. philosophical system, philosophical doctrine or teaching,… …
8self-control — n 1. self restraint, restraint, control, self discipline. See self denial(def. 2). 2. abstemiousness, abstention, Puritanism, nonindulgence; temperance, moderation, sobriety. See self denial(def. 3). 3. will power, strength of character, moral… …
9sobriety — n 1. soberness, teetotalism, nephalism, abstinence; prohibition, blue ribbonism; Rechabitism. 2. temperance, moderation, self restraint, self control; refrainment, forbearance, desistance; abstention, nonindulgence, abstemiousness; continence,… …
10sang-froid — n coolness, calmness, composure, cool headedness, countenance; self possession, self control, self restraint, presence of mind; poise, equanimity, equilibrium, balance, aplomb; imperturbability, dispassion, dispassionateness, Inf. unflappability …
