Synonyms for appease
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Placate — to make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression…
placate, mollify, assuage, satisfy, propitiate, allay, soothe, conciliate, gratify, alleviate, lessen, compensate, mitigate, quench, ease, temper, gentle, content, dull, gruntle, relieve, slake
2. Pacify — to make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.)
pacify, quell, calm, abate, still, soften, quiet, lull, tranquilize US, tranquillise UK, tranquillize UK, lay, hush, cool, compose, quieten UK IE
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Definitions
- v. 1
To make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).
to appease the tumult of the ocean
- v. 2
To make conciliatory offerings or concessions to (someone) in an attempt to dispel their anger, aggression, etc.; to adapt to the demands of; to come to terms with.
They appeased the angry gods with burnt offerings.
Related words
- Word family
- appeasable appeasatory appeasement
Forms
- Past participle
- appeased
e.g. appeased → placated, mollified, assuaged, satisfied…
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We allay excitement, appease a tumult, calm agitation, compose our feelings or countenance, pacify the quarrelsome, quiet the boisterous or clamorous, soothe grief or distress.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- satisfy The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- placate A compromise was reached to placate both sides.
- assuage This medicine will assuage the pain.
- mollify Mary tried to mollify Tom by singing him a lullaby.
- quell The authorities sent in troops to quell the riot.
- pacify Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
By length
- 3 letters
- lay1
- 4 letters
- stay1, cool1, calm1, ease1, dull1, hush1, lull1
- 5 letters
- still1, quiet2, quell1, allay2, abate2, slake
- 6 letters
- gentle2, temper2, lessen2, soften2, soothe1, quench1, pacify3
- 7 letters
- content2, satisfy3, relieve2, compose2, placate2, assuage2, gratify3, mollify3, quieten, gruntle
- 8 letters
- mitigate3
- 9 letters
- alleviate4
- 10 letters
- compensate3, conciliate, propitiate
- 11 letters
- tranquilize3
- 12 letters
- tranquillise, tranquillize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- apaiser
- Español
- apaciguar
- Deutsch
- besänftigen