name
Meaning 1
The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
comforter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmfətə/
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US: /ˈkʌmfəɹtəɹ/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhʌɱfəthə]
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General-American: /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/
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General-American: [ˈkhʌɱfɚɾɚ]
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Australian: /ˈkɐ̞mfətə/
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Australian: [ˈkhɐ̞ɱfəɾə]
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 M F ER0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consoler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: duvet, (continental) quilt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A woollen scarf for winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A pacifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: binky, bink, bo-bo, comforter, dodie, dummy, nookie, paci, piece, pippy, soother
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
device used for an infant to suck or bite on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: device
noun
Meaning 7
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: quilt, comfort, puff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
Narrower terms: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt, patchwork, patchwork quilt
noun
Meaning 8
a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a reliever of anxiety
- an allayer of fears
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reliever, allayer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
noun
Meaning 9
commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sympathizer, sympathiser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: Job's comforter
History
Etymology
A translation of the Ancient Greek παράκλητος (paráklētos, “comforter”), used in several verses of the New Testament.
From Middle English comfortour et al, from Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: Lohduttaja — alternative term for the Holy Spirit
- Bulgarian: утеши́тел (utešítel) — person who comforts
- Chinese Mandarin: 保惠師 /保惠师 (bǎohuìshī) — person who comforts
- Finnish: lohduttaja — person who comforts
- French: consolateur — person who comforts
- German: Tröster — person who comforts
- Hungarian: vigasztaló — person who comforts
- Italian: consolatore — person who comforts
- Italian: consolatrice — person who comforts
- Latin: consōlātor — person who comforts
- Polish: pocieszyciel — person who comforts
- Polish: pocieszycielka — person who comforts
- Portuguese: consolador — person who comforts
- Portuguese: confortador — person who comforts
- Russian: утеши́тель (utešítelʹ) — person who comforts
- Russian: утеши́тельница (utešítelʹnica) — person who comforts
- Albanian: kuvertë — padded cover
- Albanian: jorgan — padded cover
- Bulgarian: юрган (jurgan) — padded cover
- Bulgarian: кувертю́ра (kuvertjúra) — padded cover
- Catalan: edredó — padded cover
- Chinese Mandarin: 棉被 (miánbèi) — padded cover
- Czech: prošívaná přikrývka — padded cover
- Czech: prošívaná deka — padded cover
- Finnish: peite — padded cover
- Finnish: peitto — padded cover
- Finnish: talvipeitto — padded cover
- Finnish: untuvapeite — padded cover
- Finnish: täkki — padded cover
- German: Bettdecke — padded cover
- German: Plumeau — padded cover
- German: Plümo — padded cover
- Greek: πάπλωμα (páploma) — padded cover
- Icelandic: sæng — padded cover
- Central Kurdish: لێفە (lêfe) — padded cover
- Northern Kurdish: lihêf — padded cover
- Northern Kurdish: yurẍan — padded cover
- Macedonian: јорган (jorgan) — padded cover
- Navajo: golchóón — padded cover
- Polish: kołdra — padded cover
- Portuguese: colcha — padded cover
- Russian: стёганое ва́тное одея́ло (stjóganoje vátnoje odejálo) — padded cover
- Serbo-Croatian: јорган — padded cover
- Serbo-Croatian: jorgan — padded cover
- Turkish: yorgan — padded cover
- Vietnamese: nước xả quần áo — padded cover