| Main Entry: | meet halfway |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compromise |
Synonyms: |
come to terms, forgive and forget, settle one's differences, shake hands |
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
Synonyms: |
allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize |
Antonyms: |
aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, come to school, come to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, hammer out a deal, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, umpire, work out a deal |
Antonyms: |
let ride |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give and take |
Synonyms: |
adjust, agree, arbitrate, compose, compound, concede, conciliate, find happy medium, find middle ground, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make concession, meet halfway, negotiate, play ball with, settle, split the difference, strike balance, trade off |
Antonyms: |
contest, differ, disagree, dispute, dissent, quarrel |
| Main Entry: | conform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, adapt |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, attune, be guided by, clean up act, comply, coordinate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fall in with, fit, follow, follow beaten path, follow the crowd, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, keep, make room, meet halfway, mind, move over, obey, observe, play the game, proportion, quadrate, reconcile, reconciliate, roll with punches, run with the pack, shape up, square, straighten up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, toe the line, tune, yield |
Antonyms: |
differ, fight, refuse |
| 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: | mitigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, diminish, lighten |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, come together, cool*, dull, ease, extenuate, lessen, meet halfway, moderate, modify, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, reduce, relieve, remit, soften, soothe, subdue, take the edge off, temper, tone down, tranquilize, weaken |
Antonyms: |
aggravate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen |
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, control |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, chasten, check, constrain, cool out, cool*, curb, decline, decrease, die down, diminish, ease off, fall, lessen, let up, meet halfway, mitigate, modify, modulate, mollify, pacify, play down, qualify, quiet, reduce, regulate, relent, relieve, repress, slacken, slow, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, subside, tame, temper, tone down, wane |
Antonyms: |
egg on, free, incite, let go, liberate, unleash |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do a favor or kindness |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward, benefit, come around, contribute, convenience, don't make waves, favor, fill the bill, fit in, go fifty-fifty, gratify, grin and bear it, help, indulge, make a deal, make room, meet halfway, please, profit, put oneself out, roll with it, serve, swim with the tide, take it, toe the mark |
Antonyms: |
be mean |