consolatory

1. 1.

   affording comfort or solace

   Synonymscomfortingconsoling

   Similarreassuring

Questions about consolatory

What does consolatory mean?

consolatory means "affording comfort or solace".

How many syllables are in consolatory?

consolatory has 5 syllables: con-so-la-to-ry. The stress falls on "la".

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.