comforter

1. 1.

   a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

   Synonymssympathizersympathiser

   Broadercommunicator

   NarrowerJob's comforter
2. 2.

   a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

   “a reliever of anxiety”

   “an allayer of fears”

   Synonymsrelieverallayer

   Broaderperson
3. 3.

   bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

   Synonymsquiltcomfortpuff

   Broaderbedclothes

   Narrowereiderdownpatchwork
4. 4.

   device used for an infant to suck or bite on

   Synonymspacifierbaby's dummyteething ring

   Broaderdevice

Other forms of comforter

plural

comforters·

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 comforter

What does comforter mean?

comforter means "a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in comforter?

comforter has 3 syllables: com-for-ter. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/.

What is another word for comforter?

Close synonyms include sympathizer, sympathiser, reliever, allayer, quilt. 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 comforter a common word?

comforter 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.