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| 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: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resign oneself to something |
| Synonyms: | accept, accommodate, get used to, resign, submit, yield, make the best of, put up with |
| Antonyms: | divorce, estrange |
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, buy, come across, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, set, submit, subscribe, yes, yield, bow to, cave in*, come around, give out, go along, roll over and play dead, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adapt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust to a different situation or condition |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accommodate, accustom, alter, change, comply, conform, familiarize, fashion, fit, get used to, habituate, harmonize, make, match, modify, prepare, qualify, readjust, reconcile, remodel, revise, shape, square, suit, tailor, come around, get act together, grow used to, play the game, roll with punches, shape up |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disturb, unfit |
| 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: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, acclimatize, make agree |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
| Synonyms: | appease, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, gladden, gratify, humor, indulge, mollify, placate, reconcile, satisfy, suffice, thrill, tickle, make happy |
| Antonyms: | anger, displease, disturb, upset |
| Main Entry: | coordinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | match, relate |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjust, agree, atune, combine, conduce, conform, correlate, get it together, get one's act together, harmonize, integrate, mesh, organize, pool, proportion, pull together, quarterback, reconcile, reconciliate, regulate, shape up, synchronize, systematize, team up |
| Antonyms: | disintegrate, mismatch, uncoordinate, unrelate |
| Main Entry: | harmonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correspond, match |
| Synonyms: | accord, adapt, adjust, agree, arrange, attune, blend, carol, cohere, combine, compose, cooperate, coordinate, correlate, integrate, orchestrate, proportion, reconcile, relate, set, sing, suit, synthesize, tune, unify, unite, be in unison, be of one mind, chime with, fit in with, reconciliate, symphonize |
| Antonyms: | clash, disagree, fight |
| 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: | integrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix, merge |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, amalgamate, arrange, articulate, assimilate, associate, attune, blend, coalesce, combine, compact, concentrate, conform, consolidate, coordinate, desegregate, embody, fuse, get together, harmonize, incorporate, join, knit, link, mesh, orchestrate, organize, proportion, reconcile, synthesize, systematize, tune, unify, unite, wed, come together, concatenate, conjoin, interface, intermix, meld with, reconciliate, symphonize, throw in together |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | intercede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate |
| Synonyms: | advocate, arbitrate, barge in, butt in*, intermediate, interpose, intervene, intrude, negotiate, plead, reconcile, speak, step in, mix in, monkey with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make silent, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | turn up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rationalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make excuse; justify |
| Synonyms: | account for, cop a plea, cop out*, deliberate, elucidate, excise, excuse, extenuate, justify, reason, reconcile, resolve, think, vindicate, apply logic, explain away, give alibi, intellectualize, make allowance, reason out, think through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, organize |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, fit, fix, govern, guide, handle, improve, legislate, measure, moderate, modulate, monitor, order, oversee, readjust, reconcile, rectify, rule, run, set, settle, square, standardize, superintend, supervise, systematize, temper, time, true, tune, tune up*, methodize, pull things together, put in order, shape up, straighten up |
| Antonyms: | deregulate, disorganize, mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tailor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make to fit; adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, alter, conform, convert, cut, dovetail*, fashion, fit, modify, mold, reconcile, shape, square, style, suit, custom-make, cut to fit, make to order, quadrate, shape up, tailor-make |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tune/tune up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into harmony |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, conform, coordinate, dial, fix, harmonize, integrate, modulate, pitch, proportion, reconcile, regulate, set, string, tighten |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, harm, hurt |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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