The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PLACATE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Appease crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLACATE | 34 % | 7 |
| SATE | 28 % | 4 |
| PACIFY | 9 % | 6 |
| PROPITIATE | 8 % | 10 |
| ALLAY | 5 % | 5 |
| ASSUAGE | 3 % | 7 |
| MOLLIFY | 3 % | 7 |
| SLAKE | 3 % | 5 |
| CALM | 3 % | 4 |
| SOOTHE | 3 % | 6 |
| CONCILIATE | 2 % | 10 |
Why may PLACATE be the right solution?
"PLACATE" means to make someone less angry or hostile. It is a synonym for "appease," which also means to calm someone down or satisfy their demands.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Appease
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- placate
- lenify
- assuage
- mollify
- pacify
- stay
- quell
- conciliate
- gentle
- gruntle
- propitiate
- allay
Crossword Answer definitions
PLACATE verb- To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PLACATE
- Appease
- Mollify
- Make conciliatory gestures toward
- Throw a bone to
- Give a sop to
- Pacify
- Calm down
- Calm
- Conciliate.
- Proffer a soft answer.
More clues leading to the result SATE
- Fill to excess
- Fill to the brim
- Glut
- Overfill
- Overindulge
- Satisfy to excess
- Fill up
- Gorge
- Over-fill
- Stuff to the gills
More clues leading to the result PACIFY
- Give a teething ring to, perhaps
- Calm
- Appease
- Calm down
- Calm.
- Tranquilize.
- Still.
- Soothe
- Make calm
- Give a binky to, say
More clues leading to the result PROPITIATE
More clues leading to the result ALLAY
- Ease, as one's fears
- Set to rest
- Put to rest
- Relieve
- Soothe
- Calm, as fears
- Ease, as anxieties
- Soften
- Mollify
- Make quiet
More clues leading to the result ASSUAGE
More clues leading to the result MOLLIFY
More clues leading to the result SLAKE
- Quench
- Satisfy, as thirst
- Refresh
- Deintensify, as thirst
- Relieve, as a thirst
- Allay by satisfying
- Relieve, as thirst
- Satisfy, as a thirst
- Quench, as thirst
- Quench, as a thirst
More clues leading to the result CALM
- Pre-storm period
- Precedes a storm
- Composed
- Not windy
- At peace
- Easy for the crew, perhaps
- Tranquil
- Unruffled
- Bane for sailors
- Storm's eye, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SOOTHE
- Say "there, there" to
- Comfort
- Alleviate
- Bring relief to
- Bring comfort to
- Take the edge off
- Mollify
- Join the balm squad?
- Placate
- Console