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conciliate - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | conciliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | placate |
| Synonyms: | appease, pacify, satisfy, win over |
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, interpose, intervene, judge, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, umpire, come to school, come to terms, hammer out a deal, make a deal, pass judgment, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | let ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, relieve |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, make nice, pour oil on, take the edge off, take the sting out |
| Antonyms: | exacerbate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cure, recover |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, harmonize, improve, knit, meliorate, mend, patch up, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat, get well, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, minister to, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, revivify |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | mediate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to bring to an agreement |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, meet halfway*, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, settle, step in, umpire, act as middle, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make peace, restore harmony, strike happy medium, trade off |
| Antonyms: | argue, contend, disagree, fight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, patch things up, take sting out |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | pacify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peaceful; appease |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, assuage, bury the hatchet*, butter up*, calm, chasten, compose, con, conciliate, cool, fix up, grease*, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, placate, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten*, tame, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, kiss and make up, lay back, make peace, pacificate, put the lid on, smooth over, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patch up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle differences |
| Synonyms: | adjust, appease, bury the hatchet*, compensate, conciliate, mediate, negotiate, placate, restore, settle*, smooth, make friends |
| Antonyms: | argue, bicker, disagree, fight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | placate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, pacify |
| Synonyms: | appease, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, conciliate, humor, make up*, mollify, pacify, propitiate, reconcile, satisfy, soft-pedal*, soothe, stroke*, sweeten, tranquilize, make peace, play up to, pour oil on, win over* |
| Antonyms: | agitate, upset, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give and take |
| Synonyms: | adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, meet halfway, negotiate, settle, find happy medium, find middle ground, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make concession, play ball with, split the difference, strike balance, trade off |
| Antonyms: | contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel |
| Main Entry: | disarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render defenseless |
| Synonyms: | conciliate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, demobilize, disable, disband, disqualify, incapacitate, invalidate, neutralize, occupy, pacify, paralyze, prostrate, skin, strip, subdue, subjugate, weaken, deescalate, demilitarize, unarm |
| Antonyms: | arm |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms*, bury the hatchet*, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal*, deal, debate, dicker*, haggle, handle, intercede, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in*, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire*, work out*, come across with, hammer out a deal, horse trade, make a deal, make peace, make terms, work out a deal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace; adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, appease, arbitrate, arrange, assuage, attune, bring to terms, bury the hatchet*, compose, conciliate, conform, cool*, coordinate, fit, fix up, harmonize, integrate, intercede, make up, mediate, mitigate, pacify, patch up*, placate, propitiate, proportion, rectify, regulate, resolve, reunite, settle, suit, tune, bring together, come together, get together on, kiss and make up, make matters up, patch things up, re-establish, reconciliate, restore harmony, win over |
| Antonyms: | disagree, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please, content |
| Synonyms: | amuse, animate, appease, assuage, befriend, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, delight, elate, enliven, entertain, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, fill, flatter, get by, gladden, glut, gorge, gratify, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, slake, suit, surfeit, brighten up, do the trick, fill the bill, make merry, make the grade, sell on |
| Antonyms: | anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweeten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; appease |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, assuage, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soothe, soften up |
| Antonyms: | displease, disrupt, trouble, worry |
| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reconcile |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet*, compose, conciliate, counterbalance, counterpoise, mend, offset, outweigh, pacify, recompense, redeem, redress, requite, settle, come to terms, countervail, forgive and forget, make amends, make peace, set off, shake hands |
| Antonyms: | disagree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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