Advertisement
🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

만족하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: man-jok-ha-da

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Satisfice/ˈsæt.ɪs.faɪs/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"완벽함을 쫓기보다 현실적인 대안에 만족하기로 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To accept an available option as satisfactory rather than attempting to optimize or find the single best possible solution.

    "Rather than spending weeks analyzing every apartment in the city, she decided to satisfice and rented the first decent place within her budget."
Advertisement

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in 1956 by Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon, the term is a portmanteau blending 'satisfy' and 'suffice'. It derives from the Latin roots 'satisfacere' (to content or satisfy) and 'sufficere' (to suffice or be enough), reflecting a behavioral model where decision-makers choose an option that is satisfactory rather than optimal.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Satisfice"?

Advertisement

10 Global Lexicons: How "Satisfice" is said worldwide

Click any language below to open its dedicated Language to English dictionary page with native script & transliteration

🇫🇷French → English

satisfaire

Transliteration: sat-is-fɛʁ

"Plutôt que de chercher la perfection, il a préféré satisfaire avec une solution acceptable."

🇩🇪German → English

sich mit einer zufriedenstellenden Lösung begnügen

Transliteration: zich mit ayna tsurifdenschtelenden lözung begnügen

"Anstatt monatelang zu suchen, beschloss er, sich mit einer ausreichenden Option zu begnügen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

accontentarsi

Transliteration: ak-kon-ten-tar-si

"Nel prendere questa decisione commerciale, è saggio accontentarsi di un risultato adeguato."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

conformarse

Transliteration: kon-for-mar-se

"En lugar de buscar la perfección infinita, decidió conformarse con una opción viable."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

contentar-se

Transliteration: kon-ten-tar-se

"Os gestores decidiram contentar-se com uma solução prática em vez de ideal."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

संतोषजनक विकल्प चुनना

Transliteration: santoshajanak vikalp chunna

"सर्वोत्तम की तलाश करने के बजाय उसने एक संतोषजनक विकल्प चुनने का निर्णय लिया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

满意即足

Transliteration: mǎn yì jí zú

"在资源有限的情况下,我们往往需要采取满意即足的策略。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

만족하다

Transliteration: man-jok-ha-da

"완벽함을 쫓기보다 현실적인 대안에 만족하기로 했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

十分とする

Transliteration: jūbun to suru

"完璧を求めるのではなく、現状で十分とすることが賢明である場合がある。"

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Satisfice"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Satisfice" Synonym Map
Advertisement