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Conciliatory
/kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
📖 Definitions of "Conciliatory"
adjective
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Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
🔄 Synonyms of "Conciliatory"
10 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| flexiblenoun | Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations. |
| compromisingnoun | Willing or able to make a compromise. |
| placating | tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions |
| conciliatingverb | (transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate; to propitiate. |
| propitiatory | Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory. |
| placatory | That placates; pacifying. |
| placative | (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. |
| propitiative | Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory |
| conciliative | conciliatory |
| yieldingnoun | Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Conciliatory"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| antagonistic | Contending or acting against. |
| inflexible | Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits. |
| uncompromising | Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions. |
| antagonizing | Tending to antagonize. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Conciliatory"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| compromisingverb | Willing or able to make a compromise. |
| yieldingverb | Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure. |
| placative | (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. |
| placatory | That placates; pacifying. |
| propitiatory | Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory. |
| propitiative | Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory |
| flexible | Capable of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations. |
| appeasing | appeasive |
| placating | tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions |
| reconciliatory | That reconciles. |
| accommodatingnoun | Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful. |
| accommodative | Supplying with or obliging; accommodating. |
| reconciliationnoun | The re-establishment of friendly relations; conciliation, rapprochement. |
| supportive | Providing support. |
| consensual | With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting. |
| forgivingnoun | Inclined to forgive. |
| redeeming | Able to save people from sin, error or evil. |
| appeasementnoun | The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace. |
| restorative | Serving to restore. |
| matching | The same as another; sharing the same design. |
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