comforter
Plural: comforters
Noun
- commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- device used for an infant to suck or bite on
- A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
- A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
- A woollen scarf for winter.
- A pacifier.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English comfortour et al, from Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort.
Synonyms
allayer, baby's dummy, comfort, pacifier, puff, quilt, reliever, sympathiser, sympathizer, teething ring, (continental) quilt, bink, binky, bo-bo, comforter, consoler, dodie, dummy, duvet, nookie, paci, piece, pippy, soother
Scrabble Score: 16
comforter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcomforter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
comforter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary