Synonyms for placate
All synonyms
Verb
appease, mollify, pacify, assuage, conciliate, soothe, satisfy, propitiate, gratify, reconcile, calm, gentle, gruntle, allay, mitigate, tranquilize US, tranquillise UK, tranquillize UK, lenify dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
Forms
- Past participle
- placated
e.g. placated → appeased, mollified, pacified, assuaged…
Example sentences
- appease Only a sincere apology will appease my anger.
- pacify Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
- assuage This medicine will assuage the pain.
- mollify Mary tried to mollify Tom by singing him a lullaby.
By length
- 4 letters
- calm1
- 5 letters
- allay2
- 6 letters
- gentle2, soothe1, pacify3, lenify
- 7 letters
- satisfy3, appease2, assuage2, gratify3, mollify3, gruntle
- 8 letters
- mitigate3
- 9 letters
- reconcile3
- 10 letters
- conciliate, propitiate
- 11 letters
- tranquilize3
- 12 letters
- tranquillise, tranquillize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allay2 = 2 syllables).