consoling

1. 1.

   affording comfort or solace

   Synonymscomfortingconsolatory

   Similarreassuring

Questions about consoling

What does consoling mean?

consoling means "affording comfort or solace".

How many syllables are in consoling?

consoling has 3 syllables: con-so-ling. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /kənˈsoʊlɪŋ/.

What is another word for consoling?

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

consoling 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.