All humoring synonyms
huΒ·mor
H h verb humoring
- satisfy β to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- abase β to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
- whim β an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- baby β A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- amuse β If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- satiate β to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
- nourish β to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- feed β to give a fee to.
- vaccinate β to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- cradle β A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- keep an eye on β the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- authorize β If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- license β formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- tolerate β to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- assuage β If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- pacify β to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- amuse β If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- wow β to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- afford β If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- surrender β to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- acknowledge β If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- brook β to bear; tolerate
- countenance β If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- stand for β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- reconcile β to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
adj humoring
- permissive β habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- flexible β capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- soft β yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- tolerant β inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.