NOUN | person | comforter, sympathizer, sympathiser | commiserates with someone who has had misfortune |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | commiserates with someone who has had misfortune. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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