satisfied

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/ See IPA manual

adj verb Freq #3247

Meanings

1

adj
Pleased because you have got what you wanted or needed.

I'm satisfied with your progress this term.
2

adj
Convinced that something is true based on the evidence.

The judge was satisfied that the man was innocent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · pleased because you have... content happy pleased

Word family

Derived forms dissatisfiednonsatisfiedsatisfiedlysatisfiednesssemisatisfiedundersatisfiedunsatisfiedunsatisfiedly

Related forms self-satisfied

Common collocations

satisfied client Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English satisfyed, i-satisfyed, i-satisfied, past participle of Middle English satisfien, equivalent to satisfy + -ed.

satisfyed Middle English satisfien Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

# satisfied

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈsætɪsfaɪd
**Frequency rank:** 3247

## Meanings
1. Pleased because you have got what you wanted or needed.
2. Convinced that something is true based on the evidence.

## Examples
- I'm satisfied with your progress this term.
- The judge was satisfied that the man was innocent.

## Synonyms
- happy

## Derived Forms
- dissatisfied
- nonsatisfied
- satisfiedly
- satisfiedness
- semisatisfied
- undersatisfied
- unsatisfied
- unsatisfiedly

## Related Forms
- self-satisfied

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: satisfyed
- Root: satisfien

## Etymology
From Middle English satisfyed, i-satisfyed, i-satisfied, past participle of Middle English satisfien, equivalent to satisfy + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Satisfied comes from Middle English satisfyed, i-satisfyed, i-satisfied, past participle of Middle English satisfien, equivalent to satisfy + -ed. Modern senses include pleased because you have got what you wanted or needed. and convinced that something is true based on the evidence.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as dissatisfied, nonsatisfied, satisfiedly, satisfiedness, semisatisfied, and undersatisfied and related forms such as self-satisfied.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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