The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word APPEASE , but the solution may also be CALM which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Pacify crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APPEASE | 37 % | 7 |
| ASSUAGE | 12 % | 7 |
| PLACATE | 12 % | 7 |
| ALLAY | 9 % | 5 |
| SOOTHE | 7 % | 6 |
| QUELL | 7 % | 5 |
| CALM | 5 % | 4 |
| QUIET | 4 % | 5 |
| UNARM | 4 % | 5 |
| EASE | 2 % | 4 |
| PROPITIATE | 2 % | 10 |
Why may CALM be the right solution?
The word "calm" is a synonym for "pacify," as both mean to make someone or something peaceful or relaxed.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pacify
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- placate
- appease
- lenify
- mollify
- assuage
- gentle
- conciliate
- gruntle
- ease
- soothe
- allay
- relieve
Crossword Answer definitions
APPEASE verb- To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of.
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 APPEASE
- Mollify
- Pacify
- Avoid war with
- Verb associated with Neville Chamberlain
- Conciliate
- Negotiate like Neville Chamberlain
- Satisfy
- Make peace with
- Make nice with
- Quiet
More clues leading to the result ASSUAGE
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 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 SOOTHE
- Say "there, there" to
- Comfort
- Alleviate
- Bring relief to
- Bring comfort to
- Take the edge off
- Mollify
- Join the balm squad?
- Placate
- Console
More clues leading to the result QUELL
- Suppress
- Head off
- Pacify
- Put down forcefully
- Put down forcibly
- Put down
- Extinguish
- Stifle
- Put down, as a riot
- Suppress, as a revolt
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 QUIET
- Wayne's "The __ Man"
- Partner of peace
- Like a library
- "Shhh!"
- Hushed
- Peace partner
- Admonition from a librarian
- Librarian's warning
- Librarian's request
- Serenity
More clues leading to the result UNARM
- Divest of weapons
- Deprive of heat?
- Remove a strap?
- Render powerless
- Render weaponless
- Take heat from?
- Render harmless
- Take away weapons
- Remove weaponry from
- Render defenseless