coddle

Other forms of coddle

past tense

coddled·

present participle

coddling·

third person

coddles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coddle

What does coddle mean?

coddle means "treat with excessive indulgence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coddle?

coddle has 2 syllables: cod-dle. The stress falls on "cod". In IPA it is /ˈkɑdəl/.

What is another word for coddle?

Close synonyms include pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coddle a common word?

coddle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with coddle?

2 words rhyme with coddle. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.