Thesaurus
compose
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of COMPOSE
1
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form <composed a statement on this hot-button issue that managed to satisfy absolutely no one>
Related Words fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape; couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word; author, indite, pen, write; conceive, concoct, devise; build, construct, make; assemble, compound, piece (together); redraft, reformulate, reframe
Phrases put together
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to be all the substance of <the earth's crust is composed of mostly silicon with several other elements in smaller amounts>
Related Words embody, epitomize, incarnate, incorporate, integrate, materialize, personify, substantiate; complement, complete, supplement; fill (out), flesh (out)
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to free from distress or disturbance <the first order of business was to compose the injured pedestrian>
Synonyms becalm, compose, lull, lullaby, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], salve, settle, soothe, still, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
Related Words appease, conciliate, hush, mollify, pacify, placate; allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lay, mitigate, quell, relax, relieve, solace; narcotize, sedate, stupefy
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