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Synonyms for placative in English

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placative:
- appeasing; placating; placative; placatory

English

Detailed Synonyms for placative in English

placative:

placative adj

placative

– intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions ¹
appeasing; placating; placative; placatory
– intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions ¹
- appeasing adj
  - the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich¹
- placating adj
  - placating (or placative) gestures¹
- placative adj
  - placating (or placative) gestures¹
- placatory adj
  - an astonishingly placatory speech¹

Alternate Synonyms for "placative":

appeasing; placating; placatory; conciliatory; conciliative

Related Definitions for "placative":

intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions¹
- placating (or placative) gestures¹

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