| VERB | stative | satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to | meet the requirements or expectations of |
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| emotion | satisfy, gratify | make happy or satisfied | |
| consumption | satisfy, meet, fill, fulfill, fulfil | fill or meet a want or need |
| Sounds | sae'tahsfay.; sae'tihsfay. | |
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| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Meet the requirements or expectations of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fulfill, fulfil, live up to | |
| Narrower | cover | Provide for |
| suffice, do, answer, serve | Be sufficient | |
| Broader | meet, fit, conform to | satisfy a condition or restriction |
| Opposite | fall short of | fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example |
| Spanish | satisfacer | |
| Adjectives | satisfactory | giving satisfaction |
| satisfactory | meeting requirements | |
| Nouns | satisfaction | act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite |
| satisfier | any agent capable of producing satisfaction | |
| Meaning | make happy or satisfied. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to satisfy Sue | |
| Synonym | gratify | |
| Narrower | content | make content |
| please, delight | Give pleasure to or be pleasing to | |
| please | Give satisfaction | |
| Opposite | dissatisfy | fail to satisfy |
| Catalan | satisfer | |
| Spanish | complacer, satisfacer | |
| Nouns | satisfier | any agent capable of producing satisfaction |
| Meaning | Fill or meet a want or need. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | meet, fill, fulfill, fulfil | |
| Narrower | answer | Be satisfactory for |
| feed on, feed upon | Be sustained by | |
| quell, stay, appease | Overcome or allay | |
| quench, slake, allay, assuage | satisfy (thirst) | |
| Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
| Spanish | satisfacer | |
| Adjectives | satisfactory | giving satisfaction |
| satisfactory | meeting requirements | |
| Nouns | satisfaction | act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite |
| satisfier | any agent capable of producing satisfaction | |