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satisfy
verb as in please, content
Strongest matches
amuse, appease, assuage, delight, elate, entertain, fascinate, flatter, gratify, mollify, placate
Strong matches
animate, befriend, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, enliven, enthrall, exhilarate, fill, gladden, glut, gorge, humor, indulge, pacify, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, slake, suit, surfeit
Weak matches
brighten up, do the trick, fill the bill, get by, hit the spot, make merry, make the grade, sell on
Example Sentences
The legislation would require two independent doctors and a judge to determine whether the person satisfies the criteria to take their own life - including expressing a clear wish to do so, free from coercion.
In its summary, the commission said it was "largely satisfied with processes in place within departments to apply, consider and approve exception requests".
Using his increasing clout to lift up artists striving to achieve their own creative dreams is far more satisfying.
According to Gallup, on the eve of the election in 1996, just 39 percent said they were satisfied with how things were going in the country, but Bill Clinton won reelection in a rout.
Part 2, “Painter-God,” is the more satisfying, zeroing in on the experimentation that drove his unique art and engineering, which fantasized flying machines, weapons of war and designs for urban infrastructure.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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