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conflictless

conflictless

6.3
Free from argument or disagreement
  • adjective
  • /kənˈflɪktləs/
translation icon : sin conflicto
  • The meeting was conflictless, with everyone agreeing on the proposed solutions.

Examples

  • The brothers' plotline is resolved early in the film and loses all tension, making the film partially conflictless.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Rather, the purpose is to draw a general deduction (what a colleague termed a "bloodless and conflictless" hypothesis) from these histories to produce a normative, functional liberal democratic regime of civil-military relations.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As with Komsomolsk, only one of whose plotlines is plotless, only one of The Fourth Periscope's plotlines is conflictless, and completely conflictless films are very rare.

    Academic text (2017)
  • As with Komsomolsk, only one of whose plotlines is plotless, only one of The Fourth Periscope's plotlines is conflictless, and completely conflictless films are very rare.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Their relationship remained conflictless, as they always communicated openly and kindly.

  • The community worked together to create a conflictless environment where all voices were heard.

Synonyms

peaceful
vsconflictless
428 1.0

Calm and quiet, without noise or trouble

focuses on absence of opposition specifically rather than general calm
peaceable
vsconflictless
7 4.1

Calm and not wanting to fight or argue

expresses absence of disagreement as a state, not just avoidance
untroubled
vsconflictless
4 3.5

Calm and not worried about problems

means lack of disagreement, not only absence of worry or stress
undivided
vsconflictless
1 4.2

A group that is completely united and not split by disagreement

is the general absence of disagreement beyond just group unity
noncontentious
vsconflictless
6.7

Not likely to argue or cause disagreement

refers to a complete lack of disagreement rather than a quiet attitude
uncontentious
vsconflictless
6.5

Calm and unlikely to cause arguments

describes absence of disagreement itself rather than low likelihood of causing it
noncombative
vsconflictless
5.3

Calm and not wanting to fight or argue

means free from disagreement itself, not only unaggressive behaviour
tensionless
vsconflictless
7.0

Not tight physically or mentally under stress

relates to absence of disagreement specifically, not just lack of strain

Antonyms

conflictual
  • Formal
1 8.1

Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person

How Peaceful

conflictless
6.3
cooperative
119 3.5
tense
310 3.6
hostile
194 4.6

Surface Forms

conflictless positive

Morphology

conflictless = conflict (transparent) = conflict + less

Clear noun + '-less' formation: the adjective straightforwardly means 'without conflict' and is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Conflictless comes from conflict, meaning 'clash' or 'fight', and the ending -less, meaning 'without', as in careless. So conflictless literally means 'without conflict' and is used to describe a peaceful situation or relationship.