satiate

1. 1.

   supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

   Synonymssatiated

   Antonymsinsatiate

   Similarjadedsatiable

Other forms of satiate

past tense

satiated·

present participle

satiating·

third person

satiates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about satiate

What does satiate mean?

satiate means "fill to satisfaction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in satiate?

satiate has 3 syllables and divides as sa-ti-ate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for satiate?

Close synonyms include sate, replete, fill, gorge, ingurgitate. 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.

What is the opposite of satiate?

The recorded antonyms are insatiate.

Is satiate a common word?

satiate 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.