Синоним слова settle

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1. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, decide, arrange, compose, determine, fix, adjust, regulate

   Antonyms:
   agitate, disturb, wander

2. settleverb

   To pay; as, to settle a bill. —Abbott.

   Synonyms:
   compose, regulate, determine, fix, adjust, establish, arrange, decide

   Antonyms:
   disturb, agitate, wander

3. settleverb

   To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

   Synonyms:
   compose, arrange, adjust, establish, regulate, determine, decide, fix

   Antonyms:
   wander, disturb, agitate

4. settleverb

   To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one’s self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.

   Synonyms:
   determine, establish, compose, decide, adjust, fix, regulate, arrange

   Antonyms:
   agitate, disturb, wander

5. settleverb

   To fix one’s residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

   Synonyms:
   determine, adjust, compose, regulate, arrange, fix, decide, establish

   Antonyms:
   wander, disturb, agitate

6. settleverb

   To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

   Synonyms:
   compose, decide, regulate, establish, fix, adjust, arrange, determine

   Antonyms:
   disturb, wander, agitate

7. settleverb

   To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

   Synonyms:
   decide, adjust, arrange, fix, regulate, determine, establish, compose

   Antonyms:
   wander, disturb, agitate

8. settleverb

   To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.

   Synonyms:
   decide, establish, determine, arrange, adjust, fix, compose, regulate

   Antonyms:
   wander, agitate, disturb

9. settleverb

   To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

   Synonyms:
   adjust, establish, fix, regulate, decide, arrange, compose, determine

   Antonyms:
   wander, agitate, disturb

10. settleverb

    To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.

    Synonyms:
    establish, adjust, fix, regulate, compose, arrange, determine, decide

    Antonyms:
    agitate, wander, disturb

11. settleverb

    To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

    Synonyms:
    arrange, determine, adjust, fix, decide, compose, establish, regulate

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

12. settleverb

    To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.

    Synonyms:
    decide, regulate, adjust, establish, determine, compose, arrange, fix

    Antonyms:
    wander, agitate, disturb

13. settleverb

    To become calm; to cease from agitation.

    Synonyms:
    adjust, determine, regulate, arrange, decide, compose, establish, fix

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

14. settleverb

    To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

    Synonyms:
    decide, arrange, compose, determine, establish, adjust, regulate, fix

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

15. settleverb

    To make a jointure for a wife.

    Synonyms:
    determine, regulate, adjust, establish, decide, compose, arrange, fix

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

16. settleverb

    To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.

    Synonyms:
    arrange, decide, fix, determine, adjust, regulate, establish, compose

    Antonyms:
    wander, disturb, agitate

17. settleverb

    To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

    And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. —Ezek. xliii.

    Synonyms:
    adjust, decide, arrange, fix, compose, establish, regulate, determine

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

18. settleverb

    To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; — said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.

    Synonyms:
    regulate, determine, establish, decide, compose, adjust, arrange, fix

    Antonyms:
    disturb, agitate, wander

19. settleverb

    To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; — said of the ground, of roads, and the like;as, clear weather settles the roads.

    Synonyms:
    establish, decide, determine, regulate, arrange, adjust, fix, compose

    Antonyms:
    wander, disturb, agitate

20. settleverb

    To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.

    Synonyms:
    compose, adjust, arrange, decide, establish, fix, regulate, determine

    Antonyms:
    disturb, wander, agitate

21. settleverb

    To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.

    Synonyms:
    decide, adjust, establish, arrange, compose, regulate, fix, determine

    Antonyms:
    wander, agitate, disturb

22. settleverb

    To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

    Synonyms:
    decide, fix, compose, adjust, determine, establish, regulate, arrange

    Antonyms:
    wander, agitate, disturb

23. settleverb

    To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.

    Synonyms:
    establish, compose, adjust, regulate, determine, arrange, fix, decide

    Antonyms:
    disturb, agitate, wander

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1. settle

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Synonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

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1. settle

   Synonyms:
   fix, establish, regulate, arrange, compose, adjust, determine, decide, adjudicate, quiet, allay, still, milk, fall, subside, lower, calm, acquiesce, abate, agree

   Antonyms:
   remove, disestablish, misregulate, derange, discompose, aggravate, disorder, disturb, confuse, misdetermine, misarrange, misplace, unsettle, rise, ascend, move, disagree, increase, heighten

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1. settle, setteeverb

   a long wooden bench with a back

   Synonyms:
   settee

2. settle, settle downverb

   settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

   «dust settled on the roofs»

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, cool it, go under, locate, take root, chill out, cool off, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, simmer down, settle down, calm, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, calm down, decide

3. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb

   bring to an end; settle conclusively

   «The case was decided»; «The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff»; «The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance»

   Synonyms:
   judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one’s mind, decide, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take root

4. settle, square off, square up, determineverb

   settle conclusively; come to terms

   «We finally settled the argument»

   Synonyms:
   descend, shape, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, find, square, settle down, go down, square off, subside, regulate, root, determine, see, find out, steady down, go under, specify, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, watch, define, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, even up, make up one’s mind, decide, square up, set, resolve, locate, influence, limit, ascertain, learn, finalize, fix, jog, take root, mold, check

5. settle, locateverb

   take up residence and become established

   «The immigrants settled in the Midwest»

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, place, go under, situate, locate, take root, determine, site, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, turn up, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

6. reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settleverb

   come to terms

   «After some discussion we finally made up»

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, root, even off, appease, square up, placate, make up, compensate, patch up, mollify, nail down, gentle, resign, settle down, even out, fabricate, square off, gruntle, subside, make, pay, determine, be, patch, go under, go down, reconcile, fall, correct, invent, counterbalance, ensconce, sink, catch up with, manufacture, harmonise, steady down, get back, represent, adjudicate, assuage, conciliate, cook up, pacify, even up, comprise, decide, harmonize, take root, lenify, resolve, locate, descend, constitute, finalize, pay off, finalise, submit

7. sink, settle, go down, go underverb

   go under, «The raft sank and its occupants drowned»

   Synonyms:
   square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, go under, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take root

8. settle, root, take root, steady down, settle downverb

   become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style

   «He finally settled down»

   Synonyms:
   descend, calm, make up, cool it, patch up, cool off, calm down, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, subside, root, determine, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, rout, decide, simmer down, square up, chill out, resolve, locate, finalize, rootle, take root

9. settleverb

   become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

   «The roar settled to a thunder»; «The wind settled in the West»; «it is settling to rain»; «A cough settled in her chest»; «Her mood settled into lethargy»

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

10. settleverb

    establish or develop as a residence

    «He settled the farm 200 years ago»; «This land was settled by Germans»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

11. settleverb

    come to rest

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

12. settleverb

    arrange or fix in the desired order

    «She settled the teacart»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

13. settleverb

    accept despite lack of complete satisfaction

    «We settled for a lower price»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

14. settleverb

    end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

    «The two parties finally settled»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

15. settleverb

    dispose of; make a financial settlement

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

16. settleverb

    become clear by the sinking of particles

    «the liquid gradually settled»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

17. settleverb

    cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

18. subside, settleverb

    sink down or precipitate

    «the mud subsides when the waters become calm»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, lessen, decide

19. ensconce, settleverb

    fix firmly

    «He ensconced himself in the chair»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

20. settle, get backverb

    get one’s revenge for a wrong or an injury

    «I finally settled with my old enemy»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, win back, go under, locate, take root, get even, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

21. finalize, finalise, settle, nail downverb

    make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

    «let’s finalize the proposal»

    Synonyms:
    descend, narrow, make up, nail, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, subside, root, determine, steady down, go under, specify, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, peg, square up, resolve, locate, finalize, pin down, peg down, narrow down, take root

22. settleverb

    form a community

    «The Swedes settled in Minnesota»

    Synonyms:
    conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, go under, locate, take root, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, settle down, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, decide

23. fall, descend, settleverb

    come as if by falling

    «Night fell»; «Silence fell»

    Synonyms:
    descend, fall down, lessen, deign, decrease, make up, patch up, return, sink, settle down, go down, square off, flow, precipitate, strike, subside, come down, root, determine, devolve, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, pass, conciliate, shine, adjudicate, accrue, decide, diminish, derive, square up, hang, resolve, locate, come, nail down, condescend, finalize, light, take root

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Agree
   • Arrange
   • Become
   • Change
   • Come
   • Develop
   • End
   • Fight
   • Place
   • Sink
   • Stabilize
   • Stop

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1. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, establish, institute, ordain, appoint, confirm, make permanent

2. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   decide, determine, make clear, free from doubt

3. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   adjust, reconcile, regulate, arrange, make up

4. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   compress, make close or compact

5. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   colonize, people, plant, found

6. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   liquidate, pay, discharge, close up

7. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] ordain as pastor

8. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   clarify, free from dregs or impurities

9. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacify

10. settleverb

    Synonyms:
    subside, sink, fall

11. settleverb

    Synonyms:
    rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composed

12. settleverb

    Synonyms:
    dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one’s self, get a footing, get established, be stationary

13. settleverb

    Synonyms:
    account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance, quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP

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1. settleverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, establish, ordain, install, adjust, determine, decide, sink, subside, fall, precipitate, quiet, calm, pacify, tranquillize, colonize, people

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1. List of paraphrases for «settle»:

   resolve, solve, address, settlement, resolving, settling, decant, fix, colonize, liquidate

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1. Song Joong-ki:

   I have begun the arbitration process for divorce from Song Hye-kyo, both of us hope to settle the divorce process in a smooth manner, rather than debating wrongdoing and blaming each other.

2. Cheryl Juaire:

   They cant settle, that would be a huge disservice to the tens of thousands of families here in the United States who buried a child. Thats blood money from our children.

3. Alan Choong:

   Before applying for that (UNESCO), I think they have to settle the problems in front of them first. Twenty years down the road when all the older generation pass away, who is going to take over?.

4. Niki Benedict:

   A core part of my story is that I always wanted more and I will never settle for anything less.”

5. Joseph Joubert:

   It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

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