The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - satisfy v.

1) gratify, fulfil, comfort, please, content, placate, appease, pacify: It takes a lot to satisfy him: he is one of the fussiest men I have ever worked with. 2) fill, meet, fulfil, provide for, look after or to, serve, answer, comply with, resolve, solve, gratify, indulge; slake, quench, sate, satiate: Your desire for better working conditions can probably only be satisfied by a change of job. What will it take to satisfy your thirst for adventure? 3 convince, persuade, reassure, assure, put (someone's) mind at rest, content: He was satisfied that emigration to Australia was the only option open to him. 4) pay, repay, redress, make good, indemnify, write off, liquidate: I shall see to it that the debt is satisfied at once.