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satiate

adj · verb · 6 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Filled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: satiated

Antonyms: insatiate

5

verb

Meaning 5

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She stuffed herself at the dinner
  • The kids binged on ice cream

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, scarf out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eat

6

verb

Meaning 6

fill to satisfaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I am sated

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sate, replete, fill

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have

Narrower terms: cloy, pall

History

Etymology

First attested in the 1440–1450s, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin satiātus, perfect passive participle of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from satis (“sufficient”).

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَبَّعَ (šabbaʕa) — satisfy
  • Armenian: հագեցնել (hagecʻnel) — satisfy
  • Armenian: կշտացնել (kštacʻnel) — satisfy
  • Assamese: আমুৱা (amua) — satisfy
  • Azerbaijani: doydurmaq — satisfy
  • Azerbaijani: doyuzdurmaq — satisfy
  • Bulgarian: задоволявам (zadovoljavam) — satisfy
  • Bulgarian: засищам (zasištam) — satisfy
  • Catalan: saciar — satisfy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滿足 /满足 (mǎnzú) — satisfy
  • Dutch: verzadigen — satisfy
  • Esperanto: saturi — satisfy
  • Finnish: tyydyttää — satisfy
  • French: rassasier — satisfy
  • Galician: fartar — satisfy
  • Galician: encher — satisfy
  • German: sättigen — satisfy
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gasōþjan) — satisfy
  • Ancient Greek: κορέννυμι (korénnumi) — satisfy
  • Hebrew: הִשְׂבִּיעַ (hisbía) — satisfy
  • Hungarian: kielégít — satisfy
  • Istriot: sasià — satisfy
  • Italian: saziare — satisfy
  • Japanese: 満たす (mitasu) — satisfy
  • Kabuverdianu: farta — satisfy
  • Lithuanian: pasotinti — satisfy
  • Macedonian: заситува (zasituva) — satisfy
  • Macedonian: засити (zasiti) — satisfy
  • Polish: zaspokajać — satisfy
  • Polish: zaspokoić — satisfy
  • Portuguese: saciar — satisfy
  • Quechua: amikuy — satisfy
  • Romanian: sătura — satisfy
  • Russian: насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ) — satisfy
  • Russian: насы́тить (nasýtitʹ) — satisfy
  • Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich — satisfy
  • Sicilian: sazziari — satisfy
  • Sicilian: sazzijari — satisfy
  • Spanish: saciar — satisfy
  • Spanish: matar el hambre — satisfy
  • Swahili: -shibisha — satisfy
  • Turkish: doyurmak — satisfy
  • Ukrainian: наси́чувати (nasýčuvaty) — satisfy
  • Ukrainian: наси́ти́ти (nasýtýty) — satisfy
  • Venetan: sasiar — satisfy
  • Bulgarian: пресищам (presištam) — satisfy to excess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飽賞 /饱赏 (bǎoshǎng) — satisfy to excess
  • Dutch: oververzadigen — satisfy to excess
  • Dutch: overzadigen — satisfy to excess
  • Finnish: kyllästää — satisfy to excess
  • French: rassasier — satisfy to excess
  • German: übersättigen — satisfy to excess
  • Hungarian: jóllakat — satisfy to excess
  • Polish: nasycać — satisfy to excess
  • Polish: nasycić — satisfy to excess
  • Portuguese: saciar — satisfy to excess
  • Russian: насыща́ть (nasyščátʹ) — satisfy to excess
  • Russian: насы́тить (nasýtitʹ) — satisfy to excess
  • Scottish Gaelic: sàsaich — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: arricriàrisi — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: jinchìrisi — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: scuppiari — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: cunzumàrisi — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: fàrisi stari — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: stuccàrisi — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: stunàrisi — satisfy to excess
  • Sicilian: sbummiari — satisfy to excess
  • Spanish: saciar — satisfy to excess