SATES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

sates

verb

present tense third-person singular of sate

as in stuffs

to fill with food to capacity I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table

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diets
fasts

as in satisfies

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

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Wilson is again a dominant force on both ends of the floor, stuffs the box score with points, rebounds and blocks, and has improved every season while keeping the Aces as a perennial contender.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

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Desperation fills their lives, amplified by physicians who dismiss their complaints as psychosomatic—in their heads—and then prescribe medications for mental health conditions, such as Prozac or Valium.

— Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The appointment fills a key leadership vacancy atop the nation's largest military branch.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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