Synonyms of slake

slake

verb

ˈslāk 

as in to satisfy

to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)

a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• satisfy
• quench
• sate
• satiate
• assuage
• gratify
• indulge
• alleviate
• relieve
• cater (to)
• lighten
• humor
• saturate
• cloy
• surfeit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stimulate
• arouse
• excite
• pique
• tease
• tantalize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slake

Economic damage is already being done in both conflicts and for no better reason than to slake this president’s insatiable appetite for power. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026

That factors out to more than $11 million per year to slake a terrestrial data center’s thirst. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Jan. 2026

Anything grew here, the endless Los Angeles Basin could absorb everyone, and if there wasn’t enough water to slake the thirst of metropolitan ambitions, engineers and taxpayers would see to it that water from far away – even very far away – would be brought here. — Elizabeth A. Logan, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025

The Wild West-esque watering hole opened its doors in 1883 and has been slaking customers’ thirst ever since. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025

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