Definition for Poised:

• in full control of your faculties; " the witness remained collected throughout the cross- examination"; " perfectly poised and sure of himself"; " more self- contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; " strong and self- possessed in the face of trouble"

Synonyms for Poised:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • poised.
  •assured (adjective)
  • more positive,
  • over confident,
  • un-hesitating,
  • un flappable,
  • more poised,
  • most poised,
  • most certain,
  • un-flappable,
  • un hesitating,
  • selfassured,
  • positive,
  • up beat,
  • puffed up,
  • self assured.
  •calm (adjective)
  • levelheaded,
  • cool as cucumber,
  • unimpressed,
  • impassive,
  • unexcited,
  • laid back,
  • most pleased,
  • unexcitable.
  •charismatic (adjective)
  • magnetic.
  •collected (adjective)
  • Quieter,
  • unperturbable,
  • quietest.
  •composed (adjective)
  • keeping a stiff upper lip,
  • not turn a hair,
  • keeping one's shirt on,
  • Soothed,
  • have one's act together,
  • sure of oneself,
  • at ease,
  • Disimpassioned.
  •easygoing (adjective)
  • devil may care,
  • in-formal,
  • most low-pressure,
  • more low-pressure,
  • most outgiving,
  • most hang loose,
  • indolent,
  • more low pressure,
  • happy go lucky,
  • un-critical,
  • lowpressure,
  • hangloose,
  • free easy,
  • most lowpressure,
  • un demanding,
  • more outgiving,
  • un hurried,
  • even tempered,
  • more undemanding,
  • un-hurried,
  • most hang-loose,
  • un-inhibited,
  • more hangloose,
  • eventempered,
  • most low pressure,
  • out-giving,
  • out giving,
  • un critical,
  • in formal,
  • most undemanding,
  • more hang-loose,
  • more hang loose,
  • un inhibited,
  • insouciant,
  • un-demanding,
  • most hangloose,
  • more lowpressure.
  •graceful (adjective)
  • limber,
  • more balletic,
  • more aesthetic,
  • be-coming,
  • re fined,
  • shapely,
  • lithe,
  • most balletic,
  • graceful.
  •relaxed (adjective)
  • un-restrained,
  • un-ceremonious.
  •self-confident (adjective)
  • hotdog,
  • Undoubtful,
  • hotshot.
  •serene (adjective)
  • re-sting,
  • re sting.
  •stable (adjective)
  • stabile,
  • set in stone,
  • staying put,
  • brick-wall,
  • solid as rock,
  • unfluctuating,
  • well-built,
  • solid as a rock,
  • well-founded,
  • brick wall.
  •steady (adjective)
  • in tense,
  • in-tenser,
  • in-tensest,
  • single minded,
  • more serious-minded,
  • in-tense,
  • more seriousminded,
  • un-swerving,
  • most serious-minded,
  • in tenser,
  • liege,
  • most seriousminded,
  • serious minded,
  • re-served,
  • more serious minded,
  • steady,
  • most serious minded,
  • un swerving,
  • seriousminded,
  • re served.
  •tactful (adjective)
  • tactical,
  • under-standing,
  • under standing.
  •tranquil (adjective)
  • most murmuring,
  • more murmuring.
  •unruffled (adjective)
  • un-ruffled,
  • un ruffled,
  • un shaken,
  • un-shaken.
  •urbane (adjective)
  • well bred,
  • urbane,
  • wellbred,
  • well mannered.

• n.

  •
  • mature,
  • sensible,
  • realistic,
  • rational,
  • Grounded,
  • pragmatic,
  • practical,
  • Clear-headed,
  • logical.
  •
  • intermediate,
  • in our/their/your midst,
  • Among.
  •
  • on the point of doing something,
  • in the wings,
  • on (full) alert,
  • on the verge of something.
  •balanced (noun)
  • balanced.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • in-between,
  • intervening,
  • Amidst,
  • equidistant,
  • Amongst,
  • mid,
  • halfway,
  • midway,
  • preparedness,
  • betwixt,
  • twixt.
  •
  • between,
  • warmed up,
  • Amid.
  •
  • right.

Paraphrases for Poised:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    ready.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    mulls.
  • Verb, past tense
    prefabricated, readied.
  • Verb, past participle
    posed, Interposed, disposed, predisposed, positioned, deposed, mobilised, point, constipated, finalised, Disbursed, Deposited, Devised, envisioned, Postulated, empowered, reported, enclosed, discontinued, Arisen, Deployed, developed, completed, posted, resolved, resolute, equipped, architected, balanced, bestowed, measurement, commissioned, anticipated, Displayed, suspended, misplaced, Compiled, Inserted, situated, spotted, Contemplated, Begun, headquartered, attested, Phrased, Housed, roster, raised, Accommodated, flavoured, evidenced, designed, Appealed, witnessed, specified, recorded, desired, Poured, determined, destined, Stationed, Summoned, publicized, invested, foreseen, moved, prepped, spent, Caught, registered, forecasted, predicted, identified, Detained, finalized, minded, Enunciated, seen, Squeezed, Constructed, devoted, styled, dressed, classified, ended, produced, scheduled, Provided, primed, expected, dictated, Screwed, elaborated, Sentenced, suited, finished, Slated, dedicated, Echoed, projected, Installed, decided, CAILED, penalized, committed, labelled, settled, acquainted, Approached, formulated, kept, Embarked, timed, Remanded, fastened, relaxed, Enabled, intended, inclined, opted, fit, Fitted, modeled, phoned, Envisaged, uploaded, filled, titled, HIT, arranged, stuck, Tendered, Pushed, centered, full, mandated, Relegated, based, cornered, paved, Filed, scheme, reflected, cleared, pinned, lent, located, list, refuelled, engaged, loaded, item, boiled, packaged, Bred, braced, punished, authored, Beamed, condemned, Believed, geared, trained, placed, rung, Borrowed, Flown, Queried, convicted, Paged, affixed, crafted, wired, headed, halted, Drafted, stranded, doomed, centred, know, known, trapped, wedged, put, Termed, Lodged, busted, programmed, cast, cooked, bound, locked, ranked, renamed, Aimed, planned, laid, tabled, Dialed, found, licked, landed, Dubbed, Loaned, loans, hatched, drawn, Asked, planted, mounted, packed, framed, jammed, called, Taxed, done, tuned, Meant, lined, named.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    ready, readies, prepares.

Antonyms for Poised:

• imp. & p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    unbalanced, imbalanced.

Poised Sentence Examples:

• Then a red knight came with gallant leap, right down in the midst of the white forces, menacing in his turn right and left; and Martha drew a long sigh, and sat back, and poised her needle - lance again, and went to work; and it was Sue's turn to lean over the board with knit brows and holden breath.

• Day after day, night after night, his plane had hung, poised like an eagle, above the enemy.