satisfy

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6912

Meanings

1

verb
To please someone by giving them what they want or need.

Nothing seems to satisfy a hungry teenager.
2

verb
To meet a need, desire, or requirement.

This snack should satisfy your hunger until dinner.
3

verb
To make someone feel sure that something is true.

I checked twice to satisfy myself that the door was locked.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to please someone by giving... gratify

2 verb · to meet a need, desire, or... meet fulfil fulfilllive up to

More abound amuse appease assuage captivate catercloycompensate conciliate delight elate entertain

Opposites

disappointdissatisfyexhaust worsen

Word family

Forms satisfiessatisfying

Derived forms outsatisfyoversatisfypresatisfyresatisfysatisfiabilitysatisfiableunsatisfy

Related forms satiate satiation satiety satisfaction satisfactory satisfice

Simplified etymology

Satisfy entered English in the late Middle English period and ultimately derives from Latin satis, “enough.” It is related to satisfactory and satiated and shares its deeper root with sad.

Etymology

From Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make; to do”).

*seh₂- Proto-Indo-European satisfyen Middle English satisfiier Old French satisfaciō Latin

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# satisfy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 6912

## Meanings
1. To please someone by giving them what they want or need.
2. To meet a need, desire, or requirement.
3. To make someone feel sure that something is true.

## Examples
- Nothing seems to satisfy a hungry teenager.
- This snack should satisfy your hunger until dinner.
- I checked twice to satisfy myself that the door was locked.

## Synonyms
- abound
- amuse
- appease
- assuage
- captivate
- cater
- cloy
- compensate
- conciliate
- delight
- elate
- entertain

## Antonyms
- disappoint
- dissatisfy
- exhaust
- worsen

## Derived Forms
- outsatisfy
- oversatisfy
- presatisfy
- resatisfy
- satisfiability
- satisfiable
- unsatisfy

## Related Forms
- satiate
- satiation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- satisfactory
- satisfice

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *seh₂-
- Root: satisfyen
- Root: satisfiier
- Root: satisfaciō

## Etymology
From Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make; to do”).

## AI Etymology
Satisfy comes from Middle English satisfyen, satisfien, from Old French satisfiier, satisfier (also Old French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere, from satis (“enough, sufficient”) + faciō (“to make; to do”). Modern senses include to please someone by giving them what they want or need. and to meet a need, desire, or requirement.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as outsatisfy, oversatisfy, presatisfy, resatisfy, satisfiability, and satisfiable and related forms such as satiate, satiation, satiety, and satisfaction.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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