What does consolatory mean?

consolatory means "affording comfort or solace".

How many syllables are in consolatory?

consolatory has 5 syllables and divides as con-so-la-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for consolatory?

Close synonyms include comforting, consoling. 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 consolatory a common word?

consolatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Consolatory — meaning and 2 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
affording comfort or solace
Synonymscomforting consoling
Similarreassuring

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What does consolatory mean?: consolatory means "affording comfort or solace".
How many syllables are in consolatory?: consolatory has 5 syllables and divides as con-so-la-to-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for consolatory?

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