satisfy
Verb
Verb Forms: satisfied, satisfying, satisfies
- To fulfill a desire or need; to make content.
- meet the requirements or expectations of
- make happy or satisfied
- fill or meet a want or need
- To be enough (for)
- To be enough (for)
- To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
- To be enough (for)
- To provide what is wanted or required for (something).
- To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
- To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.
- To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
- To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
Examples
- Even three giant helpings of turkey and ham didn't satisfy her appetite.
- Only a huge triple word score could truly SATISFY his ambition for victory.
- That brief explanation will never satisfy.
- The complex numbers satisfy #92;existsx#58;x²#43;1#61;0.
- The final rehearsal of the day seemed to satisfy the director.
- to satisfy a claim or an execution
- to satisfy a creditor
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“I make, I do”).
Synonyms
fill, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, live up to, meet, abound, amuse, appease, assuage, captivate, cater, cloy, compensate, conciliate, delight, elate, entertain, exuberate, fascinate, flatter, humor, humour, indulge, measure up, mollify, pacify, placate, please, propitiate, provide, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, serve, slake, suffice, suit, supply, teem
Antonyms
dissatisfy, fall short of, disappoint, exhaust, satisfy oneself, worsen
Scrabble Score: 13
satisfy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsatisfy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
satisfy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary