Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slake
3 senses of slake
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage -- (satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst")
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)
Sense 2
slake, abate, slack -- (make less active or intense)
=> decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
Sense 3
slack, slake -- (cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime")
=> hydrate -- (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin")
Antonyms of adj slaked
1 sense of slaked
Sense 1
quenched, satisfied, slaked -- (allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue")
INDIRECT (VIA mitigated) -> unmitigated -- (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie")
Similarity of adj slaked
1 sense of slaked
Sense 1
quenched, satisfied, slaked -- (allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue")
=> mitigated (vs. unmitigated) -- (made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty")