| Main Entry: | make up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reconcile |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, atone, balance, bury the hatchet, come to terms, compose, conciliate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, forgive and forget, make amends, make peace, mend, offset, outweigh, pacify, recompense, redeem, redress, requite, set off, settle, shake hands |
Antonyms: |
disagree |
| Main Entry: | mediate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to bring to an agreement |
Synonyms: |
act as middle, arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, go fifty-fifty, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, make a deal, make peace, meet halfway, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, restore harmony, settle, step in, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire |
Antonyms: |
argue, contend, disagree, fight |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate, arbitrate |
Synonyms: |
chair, judge, make peace, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair, umpire |
Antonyms: |
turn over |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms, bury the hatchet, come across with, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal, deal, debate, dicker, haggle, hammer out a deal, handle, horse trade, intercede, make a deal, make peace, make terms, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire, work out a deal, work out* |
| 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, dulcify, fix up, grease, kiss and make up, lay back, lull, make peace, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacificate, placate, propitiate, put the lid on, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, smooth over, soft-pedal, soften, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten, take the edge off, tame, temper, tranquilize |
Antonyms: |
agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
| Main Entry: | peacemaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles problem |
Synonyms: |
appeaser, arbitrator, conciliator, diplomat, make-peace, mediator, negotiator, pacificator, pacifier, pacifist, peacekeeper, peacemonger, placater, statesperson |
Antonyms: |
agitator, instigator |
| Main Entry: | placate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, pacify |
Synonyms: |
appease, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, conciliate, humor, make peace, make up*, mollify, pacify, play up to, pour oil on, propitiate, reconcile, satisfy, soft-pedal, soothe, stroke*, sweeten, tranquilize, win over |
Antonyms: |
agitate, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | bury the hatchet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settle an argument |
Synonyms: |
accept apology, bear no malice, end a quarrel, forget, forgive, hold out the olive branch, kiss and make up, let bygones be bygones, make a peace offering, make peace, smoke the peace pipe, wipe slate clean |