satisfy

Other forms of satisfy

past tense or participle

satisfied

present participle

satisfying·

third person

satisfies·

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 satisfy

What does satisfy mean?

satisfy means "meet the requirements or expectations of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in satisfy?

satisfy has 3 syllables: sat-is-fy. The stress falls on "sat". In IPA it is /ˈsætəˌsfaɪ/.

What is another word for satisfy?

Close synonyms include fulfill, fulfil, live up to, gratify, fit. 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 satisfy?

The recorded antonyms are fall short of, dissatisfy.

Is satisfy a common word?

satisfy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with satisfy?

1 word rhymes with satisfy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.