- appease
- v1. pacify, quiet, calm, tranquilize, lull, soothe, compose, comfort; alleviate, relieve, palliate, allay, assuage, mitigate, abate, moderate, temper, lessen; take the edge off of, blunt, dull, deaden; stifle, still, silence, hush, smother; quench, slake, satisfy, Sl. shut [s.o.] up, keep [s.o.] quiet, give a sop to; subdue, suppress, put down, quell, quash.2. placate, pacificate, Archaic. attemper; humor, dulcify, mollify, soften; reconcile, Archaic. accord, bring to terms, make peace, settle differences, defuse, pour oil on troubled waters; mediate, arbitrate, bridge the gap, negotiate, intervene, intercede; reunite, mend, patch, patch up, repair the breach, smooth over.3. propitiate, conciliate, accommodate, adjust, compromise; yield, submit, surrender, concede, give in, cave in, accede to demands.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.