Standard Lemma guide

conciliatory

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S IH1 L IY2 AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N S IH1 L Y AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unconciliatory

2

adjective

Meaning 2

intended to placate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • spoke in a conciliating tone
  • a conciliatory visit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conciliative

Antonyms: antagonistic

3

adjective

Meaning 3

making or willing to make concessions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compromising, flexible

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: заспакойваючы (zaspakójvajučy) — willing to conciliate
  • Belarusian: прымірыцельны (prymirycjelʹny) — willing to conciliate
  • Belarusian: змірэнчы (zmirenčy) — willing to conciliate
  • Bulgarian: умиротворяващ (umirotvorjavašt) — willing to conciliate
  • Bulgarian: помирителен (pomiritelen) — willing to conciliate
  • Catalan: conciliatori — willing to conciliate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安撫的 /安抚的 (ānfǔ de) — willing to conciliate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懷柔的 /怀柔的 (huáiróu de) — willing to conciliate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 和解 (héjiě) — willing to conciliate
  • Czech: smířlivý — willing to conciliate
  • Finnish: sovitteleva — willing to conciliate
  • Finnish: sovittelunhaluinen — willing to conciliate
  • French: accommodant — willing to conciliate
  • French: conciliatoire — willing to conciliate
  • German: versöhnlich — willing to conciliate
  • Greek: συμφιλιωτικός (symfiliotikós) — willing to conciliate
  • Greek: συμβιβαστικός (symvivastikós) — willing to conciliate
  • Greek: διαλλακτικός (diallaktikós) — willing to conciliate
  • Italian: conciliatorio — willing to conciliate
  • Italian: conciliante — willing to conciliate
  • Macedonian: по́мирлив (pómirliv) — willing to conciliate
  • Macedonian: помиру́вачки (pomirúvački) — willing to conciliate
  • Norwegian: forsonlig — willing to conciliate
  • Polish: pojednawczy — willing to conciliate
  • Polish: ugodowy — willing to conciliate
  • Portuguese: conciliatório — willing to conciliate
  • Russian: примири́тельный (primirítelʹnyj) — willing to conciliate
  • Russian: умиротворя́ющий (umirotvorjájuščij) — willing to conciliate
  • Spanish: conciliatorio — willing to conciliate
  • Turkish: uzlaştırıcı — willing to conciliate
  • Turkish: gönül alıcı — willing to conciliate
  • Turkish: barıştırıcı — willing to conciliate
  • Ukrainian: примирливий (prymyrlyvyj) — willing to conciliate
  • Ukrainian: заспокійливий (zaspokijlyvyj) — willing to conciliate
  • Ukrainian: погоджувальний (pohodžuvalʹnyj) — willing to conciliate