Synonyms for suffice
səˈfaɪs, -ˈfaɪzsuf·fice

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1. suffice

   To satisfy is to furnish just enough to meet physical, mental, or spiritual desire. To sate or satiate is to gratify desire so fully as for a time to extinguish it. To cloy or surfeit is to gratify to the point of revulsion or disgust. Glut is a strong but somewhat coarse word applied to the utmost satisfaction of vehement appetites and passions; as, to glut a vengeful spirit with slaughter; we speak of glutting the market with a supply so excessive as to extinguish the demand. Much less than is needed to satisfy may suffice a frugal or abstemious person; less than a sufficiency may content one of a patient and submissive spirit. Compare PAY; REQUITE.

   Synonyms:
   cloy, content, fill, glut, sate, satiate, satisfy, surfeit

   Antonyms:
   check, deny, disappoint, refuse, restrain, restrict, starve, stint, straiten, tantalize

   Preposition:
   Satisfy with food, with gifts, etc.; satisfy one (in the sense of make satisfaction) for labors and sacrifices; satisfy oneself by or upon inquiry.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. suffice

   Synonyms:
   satisfy, content, be enough

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. suffice, do, answer, serveverb

   be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

   "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

   Synonyms:
   dish up, practice, service, process, act, respond, function, behave, dish out, get along, serve up, fare, answer, make, swear out, reply, arrange, coif, wait on, execute, manage, cause, do, coiffure, assist, help, make out, perform, attend, exercise, resolve, come, coiffe, serve well, serve, set, practise, attend to, dress, dish

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1. sufficeverb

   Synonyms:
   be enough, be sufficient

2. sufficeverb

   Synonyms:
   satisfy, content, be enough for

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1. List of paraphrases for "suffice":

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1. Albert Einstein:

   He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

2. Boston Consulting Group:

   To successfully adapt, fuel retailers must embrace a new mindset. Making modest changes or tweaks to the business will not suffice.

3. Josh DeVine:

   We don't want to go into specifics because Tad Cummins might still be using some of that( information)... but suffice it to say that is an issue that we have some major concerns of because it might potentially speak to Tad Cummins intentions for her.

4. Chinese proverb:

   A thousand cups of wine do not suffice when true friends meet, but half a sentence is too much when there is no meeting of minds.

5. Yoshihiro Nakane:

   In the past we believed that having moulds for some plastic parts at only one of our suppliers' plants, say either in the U.S. or China, would suffice, but now we have backups at other locations.