propitiate

Questions about propitiate

What does propitiate mean?

propitiate means "make peace with".

How many syllables are in propitiate?

propitiate has 4 syllables: pro-pi-ti-ate. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for propitiate?

Close synonyms include appease. 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 propitiate a common word?

propitiate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.