placative

1. 1.

   intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions

   “the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich”

   “placating (or placative) gestures”

   “an astonishingly placatory speech”

   Synonymsappeasingplacatingplacatory

   Similarconciliatory

Questions about placative

What does placative mean?

placative means "intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions".

How many syllables are in placative?

placative has 3 syllables: pla-ca-tive. The stress falls on "pla".

What is another word for placative?

Close synonyms include appeasing, placating, placatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is placative a common word?

placative is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.