Synonyms for sate
Definitions
- v. 1
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
At last he stopped, his hunger and thirst sated.
Forms
- Past participle
- sated
e.g. sated → satiated, satisfied, filled, gratified…
Choose the right word
To sate or satiate is to gratify desire so fully as for a time to extinguish it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- satisfy The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
- gratify She took the job only to gratify her husband.
- satiate Ziri wanted to satiate his curiosity.
- surfeit A surfeit of alternatives leads to a bad choice.
By length
- 4 letters
- fill1, pall1, glut1, cloy1
- 5 letters
- gorge1
- 7 letters
- satisfy3, replete2, gratify3, satiate, surfeit2
- 8 letters
- saturate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (satisfy3 = 3 syllables).