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Synonyms and Antonyms of settling
- the light rain will settle the dust in the air
- careful handling will settle the lees in the bottom of the wine bottle
- the region was originally settled by farmers
- settled the lawsuit in favor of the defendant
- settled their wedding plans without any major disagreements
contracting, pledging, promising
blueprinting, calculating, charting, concerting, designing, drafting, framing, hammering out, intriguing, laying out, maneuvering, mapping (out), planning, programming (or programing), schematizing, scheming, shaping, squaring away, working out
choosing, concluding, determining, figuring, opting, resolving
affirming, approving, authorizing, clearing, confirming, OK'ing (or okaying), sanctioning, warranting
closing, completing, ending, finalizing, finishing, rounding (off or out), winding up, wrapping up
bargaining, chaffering, dealing, dickering, haggling, horse-trading, negotiating
- birds settling on the branches of the maple tree
- settled the sleeping baby into her crib
- a hot meal settled the children down
becalming, calming, composing, lullabying, lulling, quietening [chiefly British], quieting, salving, soothing, stilling, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)
- settled himself only with visible effort after the angry outburst
- settle a debt
- this information should settle the question of who is right
- settled the class with a firm "quiet!"
dumbing, extinguishing, hushing, muting, quelling, quietening [chiefly British], quieting, shushing, shutting up, silencing, squelching, stilling
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