1. (verb)pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Synonyms: mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season
2. (verb)pacify fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) Synonyms: lenify, appease, gentle, mollify, gruntle, placate, assuage, conciliate
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'pacify'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. pacify Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; t Synonyms: allay, alleviate, compose, quiet, still, appease, mollify, soothe, tranquilize, calm, pacify Antonyms: agitate, excite, kindle, rouse, stir up, arouse, fan, provoke, stir