placater
One who mollifies
A placater is someone who calms or appeases others, especially by making concessions to avoid conflict.
The term often carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting excessive accommodation or conflict avoidance: He was the family placater, always smoothing over arguments between his parents.
In psychology, placater describes a communication style where someone prioritizes others' feelings over their own needs.
Infant sucking device
- assuagerOne who eases distress
- mollifierOne who calms anger
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
- sootherWhat brings relief
calmer · smoother · peacemaker · accommodator · compromiser · yielder · submitter · capitulator
One who resolves disputes
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- reconcilerOne who restores harmony
diplomat · facilitator · liaison · moderator · intercessor · broker · peacekeeper · umpire
One providing emotional support
- sootherWhat brings relief
- reassurerOne who calms fears
- calmerMore composed
- balmHealing topical preparation
solace · salve · reliever · supporter · sympathizer
Servile praise-giver
- ingratiatorOne who seeks approval
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- fawnerOne who flatters servilely
yes-man · adulator · charmer · smooth-talker · groveler · courtier · apple-polisher · brown-noser
pacifier
Infant sucking device
- assuagerOne who eases distress
- mollifierOne who calms anger
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
soother · calmer · smoother · peacemaker · accommodator · compromiser · yielder · submitter · capitulator · pushover
arbitrator
One who resolves disputes
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- intermediaryAgent linking two parties
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
reconciler · diplomat · facilitator · liaison · moderator · intercessor · broker · peacekeeper · umpire · referee
consoler
One providing emotional support
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- ingratiatorOne who seeks approval
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
fawner · yes-man · adulator · charmer · smooth-talker · groveler · courtier · apple-polisher · brown-noser · sweet-talker
placateragitator
One who foments discord
provocateur · instigator · troublemaker · rabble-rouser · firebrand
placaterconfronter
One who faces directly
provocateur · challenger · aggressor · combatant · fighter
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