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placative placative definition

placative


 
  Overview  of  adj  placative 
 
  The  adj  placative  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  appeasing,  placating,  placative,  placatory  --  (tending  or  intended  to  pacify  by  acceding  to  demands  or  granting  concessions;  "the  appeasing  concessions  to  the  Nazis  at  Munich";  "placating  (or  placative)  gestures";  "an  astonishingly  placatory  speech") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  placative 
 
  1  sense  of  placative 
 
  Sense  1 
  appeasing(postnominal),  placating,  placative,  placatory 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conciliating)  ->  antagonizing,  antagonising,  antagonistic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  placative 
 
  1  sense  of  placative 
 
  Sense  1 
  appeasing(postnominal),  placating,  placative,  placatory 
  =>  conciliating  (vs.  antagonizing),  conciliatory,  conciliative 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  placative 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  placative 
 
  placative  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  placative 
  placative 
 
  Overview  of  adj  placative 
 
  The  adj  placative  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  appeasing,  placating,  placative,  placatory  --  (tending  or  intended  to  pacify  by  acceding  to  demands  or  granting  concessions;  "the  appeasing  concessions  to  the  Nazis  at  Munich";  "placating  (or  placative)  gestures";  "an  astonishingly  placatory  speech") 



placative definition