pacify

The word “pacify” has 3 syllables: pa-ci-fy

It's pronounced as /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/


What is synonym and antonym for pacify?

In the thesaurus, “pacify” has 109 synonyms and 69 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for pacify along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for pacify

  • adulate
  • allay
  • ameliorate
  • annihilate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • baby
  • beat
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • break
  • bury the hatchet
  • butter up
  • cajole
  • calm
  • chasten
  • clobber
  • coax
  • coddle
  • comfort
  • compose
  • con
  • conciliate
  • conquer
  • console
  • content
  • cool
  • crush
  • defeat
  • delight
  • disarm
  • dominate
  • drub
  • dulcify
  • enslave
  • fix up
  • flatter
  • gentle
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • grease
  • humor
  • hush
  • indulge
  • ingratiate
  • kiss and make up
  • lay back
  • lick
  • lull
  • make peace
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overpraise
  • pacificate
  • pamper
  • placate
  • please
  • propitiate
  • put down
  • put the lid on
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quell
  • quench
  • quiet
  • reduce
  • relieve
  • repress
  • rout
  • sate
  • satiate
  • satisfy
  • silence
  • skunk
  • smash
  • smooth over
  • smother
  • soft pedal
  • soft-soap
  • soften
  • soothe
  • spoil
  • square
  • squash
  • squelch
  • still
  • stroke
  • subdue
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • subordinate
  • suppress
  • sweet-talk
  • sweeten
  • take the edge off
  • tame
  • temper
  • thrash
  • tranquilize
  • tranquillize
  • trounce
  • vanquish
  • wallop
  • wheedle
  • whip

Antonyms for pacify

  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • arouse
  • bother
  • bug
  • chafe
  • cross
  • discharge
  • discomfort
  • distress
  • disturb
  • emancipate
  • enflame
  • enfranchise
  • enrage
  • exasperate
  • excite
  • free
  • fret
  • gall
  • get
  • grate
  • harass
  • harry
  • incense
  • incite
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • insult
  • intensify
  • ire
  • irk
  • irritate
  • liberate
  • madden
  • manumit
  • nettle
  • offend
  • outrage
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • provoke
  • put out
  • rankle
  • release
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • ruffle
  • slight
  • spring
  • trouble
  • unbind
  • uncage
  • unchain
  • unfetter
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • worry
  • worsen

Meanings of pacify

  • verb
    1. To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
    2. To appease (someone).

Example Sentences

  • The gentle lullaby helped to pacify the crying baby, bringing a sense of calm.
  • A sincere apology can often effectively pacify hurt feelings and promote reconciliation.
  • In times of unrest, leaders aim to find solutions that will pacify the concerns of the community.
  • The mediator's skillful communication worked to pacify tensions between the conflicting parties.
  • A warm cup of tea can be a comforting gesture to pacify a troubled mind after a long day.

On this page you'll find 178 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to pacify, such as: adulate, affront, aggravate, agitate, allay, ameliorate, anger.

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accommodate

  • abet
  • acclimate
  • acclimatize
  • accord
  • accustom
  • acquaint
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • afford
  • agree
  • aid
  • align
  • aline
  • alter
  • appease
  • arrange
  • array
  • assist
  • attend
  • attune
  • avail
  • balance
  • barrack
  • bend
  • bend over backwards
  • benefit
  • bestow
  • billet
  • bivouac
  • blend
  • board
  • bow
  • bunk
  • camp
  • carry
  • chamber
  • coddle
  • combine
  • comfort
  • comply
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • condition
  • conform
  • connect
  • contain
  • convenience
  • convert
  • coordinate
  • correct
  • correlate
  • correspond
  • customize
  • defer
  • delight
  • doctor
  • domicile
  • dovetail
  • edit
  • encamp
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • enfold
  • ensconce
  • entertain
  • equalize
  • equip
  • establish
  • even
  • familiarize
  • fashion
  • favor
  • fine-tune
  • fit
  • furnish
  • fuse
  • gear
  • gladden
  • go by the book
  • go with the flow
  • gratify
  • habilitate
  • habituate
  • harbor
  • harden
  • harmonize
  • help
  • hold
  • home
  • house
  • humor
  • inclose
  • indulge
  • integrate
  • inure
  • join
  • key
  • lodge
  • make consistent
  • make over
  • match
  • merge
  • model
  • modify
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • naturalize
  • oblige
  • orchestrate
  • order
  • orient
  • orientate
  • pacify
  • pair
  • pamper
  • pattern
  • phase
  • placate
  • play the game
  • please
  • prepare
  • prime
  • proportion
  • provide
  • put
  • put up
  • quarter
  • readapt
  • readjust
  • ready
  • recast
  • receive
  • reclaim
  • reconcile
  • recycle
  • redesign
  • redevelop
  • redo
  • reengineer
  • refashion
  • refigure
  • refit
  • refocus
  • register
  • regularize
  • regulate
  • rehearse
  • reinvent
  • rejigger
  • relieve
  • remake
  • remodel
  • rent
  • revamp
  • revise
  • rework
  • rig
  • roof
  • room
  • roost
  • root
  • satisfy
  • season
  • seat
  • secure
  • serve
  • settle
  • shape
  • shape up
  • shed
  • shelter
  • square
  • stable
  • standardize
  • submit
  • succor
  • suit
  • supply
  • support
  • sustain
  • synchronize
  • synthesize
  • tailor
  • tailor-make
  • take
  • take in
  • tent
  • toughen
  • train
  • transform
  • tune
  • unify
  • unite
  • welcome
  • yield

accommodating

  • abetting
  • acclimating
  • acclimatizing
  • accommodative
  • accustoming
  • acquainting
  • adapting
  • adjusting
  • agreeable
  • aiding
  • aligning
  • alining
  • altering
  • amenable
  • appeasing
  • arranging
  • arraying
  • assisting
  • attending
  • attuning
  • balancing
  • barracking
  • bending
  • bestowing
  • billeting
  • bivouacking
  • blending
  • boarding
  • bunking
  • camping
  • carrying
  • chambering
  • coddling
  • combining
  • comforting
  • complaisant
  • conciliating
  • conditioning
  • conforming
  • connecting
  • considerate
  • containing
  • converting
  • cooperative
  • coordinating
  • correcting
  • correlating
  • customizing
  • delighting
  • doctoring
  • domiciling
  • dovetailing
  • editing
  • encamping
  • enclosing
  • encompassing
  • enfolding
  • ensconcing
  • equalizing
  • equipping
  • establishing
  • evening
  • familiarizing
  • fashioning
  • favoring
  • fine-tuning
  • fitting
  • friendly
  • fusing
  • gearing
  • generous
  • gladdening
  • gracious
  • gratifying
  • habilitating
  • habituating
  • handy
  • harboring
  • hardening
  • harmonizing
  • helpful
  • helping
  • holding
  • homing
  • hospitable
  • housing
  • humoring
  • inclosing
  • indulgent
  • indulging
  • integrating
  • inuring
  • joining
  • keying
  • kind
  • lenient
  • lodging
  • making over
  • matching
  • merging
  • modeling
  • modelling
  • modifying
  • mollifying
  • mollycoddling
  • naturalizing
  • neighborly
  • obliging
  • on deck
  • on tap
  • orchestrating
  • ordering
  • orientating
  • orienting
  • overindulgent
  • pacifying
  • pairing
  • pampering
  • patterning
  • permissive
  • phasing
  • placating
  • pleasing
  • polite
  • preparing
  • priming
  • proportioning
  • putting
  • putting up
  • quartering
  • readapting
  • readjusting
  • readying
  • recasting
  • reclaiming
  • reconciling
  • recycling
  • redesigning
  • redeveloping
  • redoing
  • reengineering
  • refashioning
  • refiguring
  • refitting
  • refocusing
  • registering
  • regularizing
  • regulating
  • rehearsing
  • reinventing
  • rejiggering
  • relieving
  • remaking
  • remodeling
  • revamping
  • revising
  • reworking
  • rigging
  • roofing
  • rooming
  • roosting
  • rooting
  • satisfying
  • seasoning
  • seating
  • securing
  • settling
  • shaping
  • shedding
  • sheltering
  • solicitous
  • squaring
  • stabling
  • standardizing
  • succoring
  • suiting
  • supporting
  • synchronizing
  • synthesizing
  • tailoring
  • taking
  • taking in
  • tenting
  • thoughtful
  • toughening
  • training
  • transforming
  • tuning
  • unifying
  • uniting
  • unselfish
  • user friendly

baby

  • Lilliputian
  • accomplishment
  • achievement
  • acquirement
  • angelface
  • appease
  • arrival
  • atomic
  • attainment
  • babe
  • bairn
  • bambino
  • bantling
  • bawler
  • being
  • bellyacher
  • bird
  • bitsy
  • bitty
  • bleater
  • blockbuster
  • bod
  • body
  • boy
  • brother
  • bundle
  • buttercup
  • button
  • cater to
  • celebrity
  • character
  • cherish
  • cherub
  • chick
  • child
  • cocker
  • coddle
  • complainer
  • completion
  • conquest
  • consummation
  • content
  • cookie
  • cooky
  • cosset
  • coup
  • crab
  • crawler
  • creature
  • crybaby
  • cuddle
  • culmination
  • customer
  • dandle
  • deed
  • delight
  • devil
  • diminutive
  • dinky
  • dote on
  • duck
  • dumpling
  • dwarf
  • dwarfish
  • egg
  • elfin
  • execution
  • face
  • feat
  • fellow
  • fellowman
  • fish
  • foster
  • foundling
  • fruition
  • fulfillment
  • fulfilment
  • fussbudget
  • fusser
  • fusspot
  • gain
  • girl
  • gladden
  • gratify
  • griper
  • grumbler
  • grump
  • guy
  • half-pint
  • head
  • hit
  • hominid
  • homo
  • hoyden
  • human
  • human being
  • humanoid
  • humor
  • imp
  • implementation
  • individual
  • indulge
  • infant
  • infinitesimal
  • insignificant
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • jackpot
  • juvenile
  • kid
  • kiddie
  • kiddo
  • kiddy
  • kvetch
  • kvetcher
  • life
  • little
  • little angel
  • little bitty
  • little darling
  • little doll
  • little one
  • malcontent
  • man
  • megahit
  • micro
  • microminiature
  • microscopic
  • microscopical
  • mini
  • miniature
  • minikin
  • minor
  • minuscule
  • minute
  • miracle
  • moaner
  • model
  • mollify
  • mollycoddle
  • moppet
  • mortal
  • mother
  • neighbor
  • neonate
  • newborn
  • nipper
  • nurse
  • nursling
  • oblige
  • overindulge
  • pacify
  • pamper
  • papoose
  • party
  • performance
  • person
  • personage
  • personality
  • pet
  • petite
  • pint-size
  • pint-sized
  • placate
  • please
  • pocket
  • pocket-size
  • pocket-sized
  • preemie
  • premie
  • puny
  • pygmy
  • realization
  • satisfy
  • scaled-down
  • scout
  • screamer
  • scrubby
  • self
  • serve
  • skill
  • slob
  • small
  • small-scale
  • smallish
  • smash
  • sniveler
  • somebody
  • son of man
  • soothe
  • sort
  • soul
  • specimen
  • spoil
  • squawker
  • squirt
  • stiff
  • success
  • suckling
  • tad
  • teensy
  • teensy-weensy
  • teeny
  • teeny-weeny
  • thing
  • tike
  • tiny
  • toddler
  • tomboy
  • tot
  • toy
  • triumph
  • tyke
  • undersize
  • undersized
  • urchin
  • victory
  • wailer
  • wee
  • weensy
  • weeny
  • weeper
  • wet-nurse
  • whiner
  • whippersnapper
  • wight
  • win
  • winner
  • youngling
  • youngster
  • youth

babying

  • allowance
  • appeasement
  • appeasing
  • attention
  • care
  • carefulness
  • cockering
  • coddling
  • concern
  • considerateness
  • consideration
  • contenting
  • cosseting
  • courtesy
  • dandling
  • delighting
  • endurance
  • excess
  • extravagance
  • favor
  • favoring
  • fondling
  • fondness
  • forbearance
  • fulfillment
  • gladdening
  • goodwill
  • gratifying
  • hedonism
  • humoring
  • immoderation
  • indulging
  • intemperance
  • intemperateness
  • kindness
  • kowtowing
  • lenience
  • leniency
  • lovingness
  • mollifying
  • mollycoddling
  • mothering
  • nursing
  • obliging
  • pacifying
  • pampering
  • partiality
  • patience
  • permissiveness
  • petting
  • placating
  • pleasing
  • privilege
  • profligacy
  • profligateness
  • satiation
  • satisfaction
  • satisfying
  • service
  • solicitousness
  • solicitude
  • soothing
  • spoiling
  • thoughtfulness
  • toadying
  • tolerance
  • toleration
  • treating
  • understanding
  • wet-nursing

calm

  • affable
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • aloof
  • amiable
  • amicable
  • appease
  • arcadian
  • assuage
  • assured
  • at a standstill
  • at peace
  • balm
  • balmy
  • becalm
  • bland
  • bovine
  • breathless
  • breezeless
  • breezy
  • bucolic
  • calmness
  • carefree
  • casualness
  • centered
  • civil
  • clear
  • clement
  • cloudless
  • collect
  • collected
  • comfort
  • comity
  • compose
  • composed
  • conciliate
  • concord
  • confident
  • consolation
  • contain
  • content
  • contentment
  • control
  • cool
  • cool as cucumber
  • cool it
  • cool out
  • cool-headed
  • coolheaded
  • dead
  • detached
  • devil-may-care
  • disciplined
  • disinterested
  • dispassion
  • dispassionate
  • doldrums
  • dull
  • ease
  • easygoing
  • easygoingness
  • equable
  • equal
  • even
  • even-keeled
  • fair
  • gentle
  • halcyon
  • happy-go-lucky
  • harmonious
  • harmony
  • heartsease
  • hold back
  • hush
  • hushed
  • impassive
  • impassivity
  • imperturbable
  • imperturbation
  • in order
  • inactive
  • indifferent
  • informality
  • inscrutable
  • kind
  • laid-back
  • laid-backness
  • lay
  • lay back
  • level
  • levelheaded
  • limpid
  • listless
  • loosey-goosey
  • low
  • low-key
  • lown
  • lull
  • lullaby
  • mellow
  • mild
  • mildness
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollify
  • motionless
  • muffled
  • mute
  • muted
  • narcotize
  • nerveless
  • neutral
  • noiseless
  • nonchalant
  • pacific
  • pacify
  • pastoral
  • patience
  • patient
  • pause
  • peace
  • peace of mind
  • peaceful
  • peacefulness
  • phlegmatic
  • placate
  • placid
  • placidity
  • pleased
  • poised
  • possessed
  • quell
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • quieted
  • quieten
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • rainless
  • rally
  • re-collect
  • recollected
  • recover
  • relax
  • relaxed
  • relaxedness
  • relief
  • relieve
  • relieved
  • repose
  • reposeful
  • reposing
  • respite
  • rest
  • restful
  • restfulness
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • rural
  • salve
  • satisfied
  • sedate
  • self-assured
  • self-composed
  • self-contained
  • self-controlled
  • self-possessed
  • serene
  • sereneness
  • serenity
  • settle
  • silence
  • silent
  • simmer down
  • slow
  • smooth
  • sober
  • soft
  • soft pedal
  • solace
  • soothe
  • soothing
  • soothingness
  • soundless
  • speechless
  • steady
  • still
  • stillness
  • stilly
  • stoicism
  • stolid
  • stormless
  • stroke
  • stupefy
  • sunny
  • sunshiny
  • take it easy
  • take the edge off
  • temperate
  • together
  • tranquil
  • tranquility
  • tranquilize
  • tranquilized
  • tranquillity
  • tranquillize
  • tranquillized
  • ultraquiet
  • unconcerned
  • undisturbed
  • unemotional
  • unexcitable
  • unexcited
  • unflappable
  • unimpressed
  • unmoved
  • unperturbed
  • unruffled
  • unshakable
  • unshaken
  • untroubled
  • unworried
  • waveless
  • well-adjusted
  • well-balanced
  • windless
  • wordless

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