placative

Examples

• All

• This is a placative gesture.

• The company issued a placative statement to address the workers' complaints.

• He made several placative gestures in an attempt to calm the angry crowd.

• Don't be so placative!

• The manager made placative remarks to ease the employees' concerns about the new policy.

• In her placative tone, she assured the angry customers that their complaints would be addressed.

• His placative attitude during the negotiation helped to calm the tensions between the two parties.

Synonyms

C

conciliatory

vsplacative

20 7.7

Showing a wish to calm people and reduce tension

is about pacifying specifically by making concessions to reduce conflict

P

propitiatory

vsplacative

• Formal

1 9.9

An action or gift to calm someone who is angry

shares appeasement but often applies in religious or offended contexts

P

placatory

vsplacative

8.0

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

is focused on pacifying often through concessions or yielding

P

placating

vsplacative

6.8

Trying to calm someone by giving them what they want

is chiefly about pacifying through concessions rather than other methods

A

appeasing

vsplacative

6.3

Calming someone by agreeing to what they want

focuses on soothing feelings through yielding rather than neutral compromise

P

propitiative

vsplacative

• Formal

9.9

Made to calm someone and gain their favor

is similar but stresses restoring relations or winning goodwill

C

concessional

vsplacative

6.8

Willing to accept some changes to reach an agreement

is more about pacifying by yielding to demands than mere willingness

Antonyms

P

provocative

112 6.7

Causes a strong reaction, for example anger or lively talk

How Pacifying

appeasing

6.3

placative

8.5

conciliatory

20 7.7

calming

6 2.6

reassuring

78 3.1

ingratiating

1 7.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology