sate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SATE

to fill with food to capacity <I sated myself with an array of diet-busting offerings from the dessert table>

Synonyms cram, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit

Related Words gobble, gormandize, pig out; gulp, guzzle; cloy, fill; banquet, feast, regale

Near Antonyms diet, fast

to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire) <a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger>

Synonyms assuage, quench, sate, satiate, slake

Related Words cater (to), gratify, humor, indulge; alleviate, lighten, relieve; cloy, saturate, surfeit

Near Antonyms arouse, excite, pique, stimulate; tantalize, tease

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