Peace Word Search

A puzzle of calm words, peace symbols and peace in 14 languages, printed with its answer key.

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Peace Word Search

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HHOPEACESEWSUID

OUJUSTICEBTSSIS

WHUAEFSACLRKLYO

DALDZRSLOQUIETM

TRREEEEMLYCNZFF

RMLOVEWJIFEDOVE

ROOFWDTRVRUNITY

ZNBTTODOEICECRF

RYQRIMGBBEWSOET

TUQIORYARNISKAX

RKDMMINYADHNOTH

JOORXBNLNSDQHYS

AUHMRTPRCHDWZDB

OBYDYCNIHIJRYHL

VLTTWTJPNPBJTAL

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PeacePEACE
CalmCALM
HarmonyHARMONY
KindnessKINDNESS
DoveDOVE
Olive branchOLIVE BRANCH
TreatyTREATY
FriendshipFRIENDSHIP
TruceTRUCE
HopeHOPE
UnityUNITY
QuietQUIET
LoveLOVE
FreedomFREEDOM
JusticeJUSTICE

15 of 20 words from the Peace list.

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Answer key: Peace Word Search

HHOPEACESEWSUID

OUJUSTICEBTSSIS

WHUAEFSACLRKLYO

DALDZRSLOQUIETM

TRREEEEMLYCNZFF

RMLOVEWJIFEDOVE

ROOFWDTRVRUNITY

ZNBTTODOEICECRF

RYQRIMGBBEWSOET

TUQIORYARNISKAX

RKDMMINYADHNOTH

JOORXBNLNSDQHYS

AUHMRTPRCHDWZDB

OBYDYCNIHIJRYHL

VLTTWTJPNPBJTAL

PEACE, CALM, HARMONY, KINDNESS, DOVE, OLIVE BRANCH, TREATY, FRIENDSHIP, TRUCE, HOPE, UNITY, QUIET, LOVE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE

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All 127 words

Calm and Quiet 19

Calm Still and untroubled, like water with no wind on it.
Comfort Ease after trouble, or the person who brings it.
Gentle Soft in voice and touch, never rough.
Harmony A pleasing fit between people, as between notes sung together.
Hush The sudden quiet when a crowd stops talking.
Lull A short quiet spell between two noisy ones.
Mellow Easygoing and soft, with no sharp edges.
Patience The strength to wait without growing angry.
Peace Freedom from war and fighting; also the quiet of a mind at rest.
Placid Smooth on the surface and not easily stirred up.
Quiet With hardly a sound, as a room is when nobody is arguing.
Relaxed Loose and unworried, with no tight shoulders.
Safe Out of danger, which every person hopes to be.
Serene Clear and untroubled, like a cloudless sky.
Serenity A steady inner quiet that outside noise cannot shake.
Silence No sound at all; many gatherings keep a minute of it.
Soothe To ease someone who is upset, with soft words or a hand on the shoulder.
Still Without movement, like a pond at dawn.
Tranquil Free from disturbance, as a garden is early in the morning.

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Making Peace 30

Accord A settlement that two sides reach and sign.
Alliance A union of countries that promise to stand by each other.
Apologize To admit a wrong and say that you regret it.
Armistice An agreement between armies to stop fighting, often while a lasting settlement is worked out.
Cease-fire An order to stop shooting, often the first step toward ending a war.
Compromise A deal that gives every side some, but not all, of what it asked for.
Conflict A clash, whether between two classmates or two countries.
Dialogue An exchange in which both sides speak and both are heard.
Diplomacy The art of managing relations between nations by talking.
Diplomat An official sent to speak for one country to another.
Disagree To hold a different opinion from someone else.
Envoy A messenger sent by one government to another.
Explain To put your side into words so that the other person can follow it.
Forgive To let a wrong go and hold no grudge against the person who did it.
Handshake A clasp of palms that seals a deal or ends a quarrel.
Listen To give your whole attention to what the other side says.
Mediate To stand between two quarreling sides and help them settle.
Negotiate To bargain across a table until both sides can say yes.
Pact A solemn agreement between countries.
Quarrel An angry argument between people who usually get along.
Reconcile To bring two sides back to good terms after a falling-out.
Repair To mend what an argument has damaged.
Settle To bring an argument to an end for good.
Sorry The first word of making up.
Summit A meeting between the heads of governments.
Talks Formal meetings held to reach an agreement.
Terms The conditions that each side accepts in a settlement.
Treaty A written agreement between nations, signed to end a war or prevent one.
Truce A pause in the fighting that both sides promise to keep.
Words What people can use, in place of fists, to settle a quarrel.

Symbols of Peace 16

Banner A long cloth with a message, carried at the front of a march.
Bell The United Nations rings one at its headquarters to open each Peace Day.
Candle A small wax light, held by each person at an evening vigil.
Crane A long-legged bird; folded from paper, it became a sign of peace in Japan.
Dove A bird of the pigeon kind, drawn in white with a leafy twig in its beak as a sign of peace.
Fingers Two of these, raised in a V, became a sign of peace in the 1960s.
Flag A cloth emblem; a plain white one asks the other side to hold its fire.
Globe A map in the form of a ball, a reminder that there is one world to share.
Heart A shape with two rounded tops and a point, drawn to mean love.
Olive branch An offer of peace; the leafy twig has stood for it since ancient Greece.
Origami Paper folding as practiced in Japan, where a saying grants a wish to whoever folds a thousand cranes.
Poppy A flower; white ones were first handed out in Britain in 1933 as a sign of peace.
Rainbow An arc of colors; a flag striped like one was first carried on a peace march in Italy in 1961.
Semaphore A code of flag positions; the 1958 peace sign joins its signals for N and D.
Sign A mark or a gesture that carries a meaning.
Symbol A thing that means more than itself, as a white bird means peace.

Living Together 23

Coexist To live side by side without conflict.
Dignity The worth that belongs to every human being.
Empathy The ability to feel what another person is feeling.
Equality The condition in which no person counts for more than another.
Fairness Even treatment, with no favorites.
Freedom The power to speak, think and live without being held back.
Friendship The tie between people who enjoy each other and stand by each other.
Goodwill A kind and friendly feeling toward other people.
Hope The feeling that a better day is coming.
Humanity All the people of the world, taken together.
Justice The righting of wrongs by fair rules that bind the strong and the weak alike.
Kindness The habit of treating others gently and generously.
Love Deep care for another person.
Mercy The choice to spare someone you could have punished.
Respect Regard for the worth and the rights of other people.
Rights What every person is owed simply for being a person.
Share To divide what you have so that others get some too.
Solidarity Unity with people who share a cause or a hardship.
Sympathy Sorrow felt for someone else's trouble.
Tolerance Acceptance of people whose ways and beliefs differ from yours.
Trust Confidence that someone will keep their word.
Understanding A grasp of why other people think and feel as they do.
Unity Oneness; the state of standing together.

Peace in the World 25

Activist A person who works steadily for a cause.
Border The edge of a country, where a peaceful neighbor is the best kind.
Bridge A crossing over water, and a word for anything that connects two sides.
Charter A founding document that sets out what an organization is for.
Council A body of members chosen to decide matters together.
Disarm To lay down weapons or take them away.
Earth Our shared home in space.
Generation All the people of about one age; each hopes to leave the next a world without war.
Global Reaching every part of the world.
Laureate The winner of a great prize.
March A walk by many people together to show what they stand for.
Mission A task that a team is sent abroad to carry out.
Nations Countries; 193 of them belong to the organization founded in 1945 to keep the peace.
Nonviolence The practice of seeking change without harming anyone.
Observer A person sent to watch an event and report on it without taking part.
Pacifist A person who believes that no quarrel should be settled by war.
Planet The world we all live on.
Prize An award; a famous one for peace is presented in Oslo, Norway, every December 10.
Rebuild To raise again what war knocked down.
Refuge A place of safety for people fleeing danger.
Relief Food, shelter and medicine sent to people in need.
September The month of the International Day of Peace, kept on its 21st day.
United Joined together as one.
Vigil A quiet gathering, often by candlelight, held in support of a cause.
Worldwide In every country.

Peace in Other Languages 14

Amani The word for peace in Swahili.
Frieden The word for peace in German.
Heiwa The word for peace in Japanese.
Maluhia The word for peace in Hawaiian.
Mir The word for peace in Russian; it also means world.
Pace The word for peace in Italian.
Paix The word for peace in French.
Pax The word for peace in Latin.
Paz The word for peace in Spanish and in Portuguese.
Rauha The word for peace in Finnish.
Salaam A greeting taken from the Arabic word for peace.
Shalom The word for peace in Hebrew, also said as a greeting.
Shanti The word for peace in Sanskrit, the classical language of India.
Vrede The word for peace in Dutch.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Spellings and meanings were checked on 16 October 2026 in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (https://www.ahdictionary.com/). The symbols and dates in the clues follow these English Wikipedia articles, read the same day: Peace symbols (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols), International Day of Peace (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Peace), United Nations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) and Nobel Peace Prize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize). The fourteen words for peace in other languages were each checked in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paz and the entries for the other words). Licence: own work

How it works

Calm, Harmony, Kindness, Dove, Olive branch, Treaty and Friendship are on the opening list of this peace word search. Six themed lists run from quiet feelings to peace between nations.

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Five lists, from calm to the wider world

Calm and Quiet has Serene, Tranquil and Hush. Making Peace has Truce, Compromise and Handshake. Symbols of Peace has Dove, Crane and Semaphore. Living Together has Respect, Tolerance and Dignity. Peace in the World has Charter, Laureate and Nonviolence.

The word in 14 languages

Peace in Other Languages hides Paz, Paix, Pace, Pax, Frieden, Vrede, Shalom, Salaam, Heiwa, Amani, Mir, Shanti, Rauha and Maluhia, each with its language in the clue. Mir, the Russian word, also means world. The International Day of Peace falls on September 21, and the United Nations opens it by ringing a bell at its headquarters.

Peaceful and Peacemaker are not hidden, because each would hold Peace.
Symbols of Peace pairs well with an art lesson: Dove, Crane, Origami and Rainbow are things to draw or fold.

Questions and answers

Is the peace word search free to print?

Yes, and it needs no account. Two pages come out on Letter or A4: the puzzle, with a name and date line and a short writing task, then the answer key.

What words are in this word search on peace?

127 words and phrases. Short and Easy has 12 of 4 or 5 letters, such as Dove, Hope and Truce; Long and Tricky has 36, such as Armistice, Reconcile and Nonviolence.

Where does the peace sign come from?

It was drawn in 1958 for the British movement for nuclear disarmament, and it joins the flag semaphore signals for the letters N and D. The clue for Semaphore says so, following Wikipedia's article on peace symbols.

Which list suits a lesson on solving arguments?

Making Peace. Beside Treaty and Armistice it holds the everyday words: Quarrel, Disagree, Explain, Listen, Apologize, Sorry, Forgive and Repair.

All 127 words

Calm and Quiet 19

Making Peace 30

Symbols of Peace 16

Living Together 23

Peace in the World 25

Peace in Other Languages 14

How it works

Five lists, from calm to the wider world

The word in 14 languages

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