Synonyms for conciliate
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Mollify — to make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate
mollify, pacify, placate, appease, propitiate, gratify, assuage, calm, gentle, gruntle, satisfy, allay, soothe, tranquilize US, tranquillise UK, tranquillize UK, lenify dated
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Definitions
- v. 1
To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate.
- v. 2
To mediate in a dispute.
Related words
- Word family
- conciliative conciliator conciliatory conciliation
Forms
- Past participle
- conciliated
e.g. conciliated → mollified, pacified, placated, appeased…
Example sentences
- appease Only a sincere apology will appease my anger.
- placate A compromise was reached to placate both sides.
- pacify Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
- mollify Mary tried to mollify Tom by singing him a lullaby.
- accommodate He can't accommodate himself to his circumstances.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conciliate | falling | |
| appease | rising | |
| placate | rising | |
| pacify | rising | |
| mollify | rising | |
| accommodate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- calm1
- 5 letters
- allay2
- 6 letters
- settle2, gentle2, soothe1, pacify3, lenify
- 7 letters
- satisfy3, appease2, placate2, assuage2, gratify3, mollify3, gruntle
- 9 letters
- reconcile3
- 10 letters
- propitiate
- 11 letters
- accommodate4, tranquilize3
- 12 letters
- tranquillise, tranquillize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allay2 = 2 syllables).