quenches

The word “quenches” has 2 syllables: quench-es

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɛn.tʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for quenches?

In the thesaurus, “quenches” has 66 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for quenches

  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviates
  • annihilate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • assuages
  • blankets
  • blows out
  • check
  • choke
  • chokes
  • cloys
  • content
  • cool
  • crush
  • dampen
  • decimate
  • demolish
  • destruct
  • dismantle
  • douse
  • douses
  • dowses
  • end
  • extinguishes
  • glut
  • gorge
  • gratifies
  • gratify
  • humors
  • indulges
  • kill
  • knock down
  • lighten
  • lightens
  • mitigate
  • moisten
  • put down
  • put out
  • puts out
  • quash
  • quell
  • raze
  • relieve
  • relieves
  • rubs out
  • ruin
  • sate
  • sates
  • satiate
  • satiates
  • satisfies
  • saturates
  • shatter
  • slake
  • slakes
  • smother
  • smothers
  • snuff out
  • stifle
  • stubs
  • suffocates
  • suppress
  • surfeits
  • wreck

Antonyms for quenches

  • abstain
  • aggravate
  • aid
  • arouses
  • assist
  • bear
  • begin
  • build
  • burden
  • construct
  • create
  • deprive
  • diet
  • dissatisfy
  • disturb
  • dry
  • encourage
  • enflames
  • excites
  • fast
  • fires
  • fix
  • give birth
  • help
  • ignites
  • increase
  • inflames
  • intensify
  • kindles
  • lights
  • pain
  • piques
  • provoke
  • release
  • repair
  • set
  • start
  • stimulates
  • tantalizes
  • teases
  • upset

Meanings of quenches

  • verb
    1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
    2. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
    3. To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
    4. To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
    5. To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.

Example Sentences

  • Quenches your thirst like nothing else on a hot summer day.
  • Drinking water is essential, it quenches your body's need for hydration.
  • This fruit smoothie not only tastes great but also quenches your hunger.
  • The sound of rain quenches the parched earth's longing for moisture.
  • A heartfelt conversation with a friend often quenches the soul's need for connection.

On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quenches, such as: abstain, aggravate, aid, allay, alleviate, alleviates, annihilate.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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pacifies

  • adulates
  • allay
  • ameliorate
  • annihilates
  • appeases
  • assuage
  • assuages
  • babies
  • beats
  • blandishes
  • blarneys
  • breaks
  • bury the hatchet
  • butter up
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  • chasten
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  • coaxes
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  • comforts
  • compose
  • con
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  • delights
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  • dominates
  • drubs
  • dulcifies
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  • fix up
  • flatters
  • gentles
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • grease
  • humors
  • hushes
  • indulges
  • ingratiates
  • kiss and make up
  • lay back
  • licks
  • lull
  • make peace
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollifies
  • mollify
  • mollycoddles
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
  • overpraises
  • pacificate
  • pampers
  • placate
  • placates
  • pleases
  • propitiate
  • propitiates
  • put the lid on
  • puts down
  • qualify
  • quashes
  • quell
  • quells
  • quenches
  • quiet
  • quiets
  • reduces
  • relieve
  • repress
  • represses
  • routs
  • sates
  • satiates
  • satisfies
  • silence
  • silences
  • skunks
  • smashes
  • smooth over
  • smothers
  • soft-pedal
  • soft-soaps
  • soften
  • soothe
  • soothes
  • spoils
  • square
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • still
  • stroke
  • subdue
  • subdues
  • subjects
  • subjugates
  • subordinates
  • suppresses
  • sweet-talks
  • sweeten
  • sweetens
  • take the edge off
  • tame
  • temper
  • thrashes
  • tranquilize
  • tranquilizes
  • tranquillizes
  • trounces
  • vanquishes
  • wallops
  • wheedles
  • whips

quashes

  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • conquers
  • countermands
  • crushes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • desolates
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • dominates
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drops
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • exterminates
  • extinguishes
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nukes
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • outlaws
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • overwhelms
  • prohibits
  • puts down
  • puts out
  • quells
  • quenches
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • represses
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • silences
  • sits on
  • slaps down
  • smashes
  • smothers
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • stifles
  • strangles
  • strikes down
  • subdues
  • subjugates
  • suppresses
  • suspends
  • throttles
  • throws out
  • vacates
  • vanquishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off

quells

  • annihilates
  • conquers
  • crushes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • desolates
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • dominates
  • douses
  • dowses
  • dumbs
  • exterminates
  • extinguishes
  • hushes
  • mutes
  • nukes
  • obliterates
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
  • overwhelms
  • puts down
  • puts out
  • quashes
  • quenches
  • quietens
  • quiets
  • represses
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • settles
  • shushes
  • shuts up
  • silences
  • sits on
  • slaps down
  • smashes
  • smothers
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • stifles
  • stills
  • strangles
  • subdues
  • subjugates
  • suppresses
  • throttles
  • vanquishes
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wrecks

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