Placate

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To allay the anger of, especially by making concessions; appease. synonym: pacify.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To appease or pacify; conciliate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To appease; to pacify; to concilate.
  • noun. Same as placard, 4 & 5.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    • Word Usage
    "Many men that "attend church" do so to pacify their wives and/or "keep up an image" or ignorantly attemp to "placate" the God they don't even know."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    enrage  
    Form
    placated  placating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    calm  calm down  lull  quiet  quieten  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    vacate  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    allay  appease  appease  assuage  calm  
    variant
    placard  
    verb-form
    placated  placates  placating  
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