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placid adjective [ ˈplasɪd ]

• not easily upset or excited.
• "a placid, contented man"
Similar: even-tempered, calm, equable, tranquil, imperturbable, unexcitable, peaceable, peaceful, serene, mild, gentle, quiet, cool, cool-headed, collected, and collected, composed, self-possessed, poised, easy-going, temperate, level-headed, steady, unruffled, unmoved, undisturbed, unperturbed, unemotional, phlegmatic, stolid, bovine, unflappable, nonplussed, equanimous,
Opposite: excitable, temperamental,
Origin: early 17th century: from French placide, from Latin placidus, from placere ‘to please’.


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