propitiative

1. 1.

   intended to reconcile or appease

   “sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture”

   Synonymspropitiatory

   Similarconciliatory

Questions about propitiative

What does propitiative mean?

propitiative means "intended to reconcile or appease".

How many syllables are in propitiative?

propitiative has 5 syllables: pro-pi-ti-a-tive. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for propitiative?

Close synonyms include propitiatory. 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 propitiative a common word?

propitiative 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.