| NOUN | person | comforter, sympathizer, sympathiser | commiserates with someone who has had misfortune |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | comforter, reliever, allayer | a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | |
| artifact | comforter, quilt, comfort, puff | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | |
| artifact | comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
| Sounds | kah'mferter | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | commiserates with someone who has had misfortune. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sympathizer, sympathiser | |
| Narrower | Job's comforter | someone whose comfort is actually discouraging |
| Broader | communicator | A person who communicates with others |
| Spanish | simpatizante | |
| Catalan | simpatitzant | |
| Verbs | comfort | give moral or emotional strength to |
| Meaning | A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | reliever, allayer | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | allayer | |
| Catalan | allayer | |
| Verbs | comfort | give moral or emotional strength to |
| Meaning | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | quilt, comfort, puff | |
| Narrower | eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt | A soft quilt usually filled with the down / down of the eider |
| patchwork, patchwork quilt | A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | |
| Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed |
| Spanish | colcha, edredón | |
| Catalan | edredó | |
| Verbs | comfort | lessen pain or discomfort |
| Meaning | device used for an infant to suck or bite on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | chupete, chupo, chupón, tetina | |
| Catalan | tetina, xumet | |
| Verbs | comfort | lessen pain or discomfort |
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