Synonyms of the word

quench

• v. (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
• v. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.).
• v. (transitive) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
• n. (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the…

allay

• v. (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• v. (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
• v. (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
• n. alleviation; abatement; check.

assuage

• v. (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
• v. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

chill

• n. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• n. A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through…
• n. An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually…
• n. An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten…
• n. The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
• adj. Moderately cold or chilly.
• adj. (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing. See also: chill out.
• adj. (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
• adj. (slang) Okay, not a problem.
• v. (transitive) To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
• v. (intransitive) To become cold.
• v. (intransitive, metallurgy) To become hard by rapid cooling.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To relax, lie back.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group. Also chill out.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To smoke marijuana.
• v. (transitive) To discourage or depress.

conquer

• v. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
• v. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
• v. To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
• v. To acquire by force of arms, win in war.

cool

• adj. Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• adj. Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
• adj. Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.
• adj. Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
• adj. Calmly audacious.
• adj. (informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
• adj. (informal) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
• adj. (informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
• adj. (informal) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
• adj. Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
• n. A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
• n. A calm temperament.
• v. (literally intransitive) To lose heat, to get colder.
• v. (transitive) To make cooler, less warm.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• v. (transitive) To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
• v. (transitive) To kill.

curb

• n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
• n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
• n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
• n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
• n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
• n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
• v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
• v. (transitive) To rein in.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
• v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
• v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
• v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
• v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

cut

• adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
• adj. Reduced.
• adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
• adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
• adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among…
• adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
• adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
• adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
• adj. Removed from a team roster.
• adj. (New Zealand) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
• n. An opening resulting from cutting.
• n. The act of cutting.
• n. The result of cutting.
• n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
• n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river.
• n. A share or portion.
• n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
• n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the…
• n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also,…
• n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained…
• n. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
• n. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
• n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
• n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
• n. A slab, especially of meat.
• n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
• n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
• n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio…
• n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits…
• n. A haircut.
• n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
• n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
• n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
• n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
• n. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
• n. A skein of yarn.
• v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
• v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
• v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
• v. (intransitive, film, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
• v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
• v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
• v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball…
• v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
• v. (transitive, slang) To write.
• v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
• v. (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
• v. (transitive) To stop or disengage.
• v. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball,…

extinguish

• v. (transitive) to put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
• v. (transitive) to destroy or abolish something.
• v. (transitive) to obscure or eclipse something.
• v. (transitive, psychology) to bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
• v. (transitive, literally) to hunt down (a species) to extinction.

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

fulfil

• v. (archaic) To fill up.
• v. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
• v. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
• v. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

fulfill

• v. (archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
• v. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
• v. To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
• v. To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).

inhibit

• v. to hinder; to restrain.

keep

• v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
• v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
• v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
• v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
• n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
• n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
• n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
• n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

meet

• v. (heading) Of individuals: to make personal contact.
• v. (heading) Of groups: to gather or oppose.
• v. (heading) To make physical or perceptual contact.
• v. To satisfy; to comply with.
• v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
• n. A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
• n. A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
• n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. A meeting.
• n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the…
• n. (Ireland) An act of French kissing someone.
• adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

quell

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
• v. (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
• v. (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
• v. To die.
• n. A subduing.
• n. A source, especially a spring.
• n. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.

reduce

• v. (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish,…
• v. (intransitive) To lose weight.
• v. (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
• v. (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
• v. (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
• v. (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
• v. (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
• v. (transitive, law) To convert to written form (Usage note: this verb almost always take the phrase "to…
• v. (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
• v. (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To translate (a book, document, etc.).

restrain

• v. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
• v. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
• v. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

satisfy

• v. (transitive) To do enough for; to meet the needs of; to fulfill the wishes or requirements of.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a sentence) to be true when the sentence is interpreted in one's universe.
• v. (dated, literary, transitive) To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
• v. (transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.
• v. (transitive) To answer or discharge (a claim, debt, legal demand, etc.); to give compensation for.

slake

• v. (intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench; to extinguish.
• v. (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
• v. (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
• v. (transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

squelch

• v. (transitive, US) to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
• v. (transitive, radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions…
• v. (intransitive, Britain) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
• v. (intransitive, Britain) to walk or step through a substance such as mud.
• n. A squelching sound.
• n. (radio technology) suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting…

subdue

• v. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
• v. To bring (a country) under control by force.

suppress

• v. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
• v. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
• v. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
• v. To prevent publication.
• v. To stop a flow or stream.
• v. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
• v. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
• v. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

trim

• v. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'…
• v. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
• v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast;…
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially…
• v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
• v. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
• v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
• v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
• n. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
• n. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
• n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
• n. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
• n. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast;…
• n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
• adj. Physically fit.
• adj. Slender, lean.
• adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
• adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
• adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.