English Synonym Finder

placate

Definitions

To make someone less angry or hostile; to appease.

To pacify or soothe by yielding to demands or conciliatory gestures.

Examples

The manager tried to placate the angry customer by offering a full refund.

She brought a small gift to the meeting in an attempt to placate her disgruntled colleague.

Synonyms

appease pacify soothe mollify conciliate assuage propitiate

Antonyms

provoke agitate enrage incite inflame exasperate antagonize