comforter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
Types & categories
- communicator hypernym
- Job's comforter hyponym
Related & opposite
- comfort derivation
- commiserate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
a reliever of anxiety
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
Types & categories
- bedclothes hypernym
- eiderdown hyponym
- patchwork quilt hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
device used for an infant to suck or bite on
Types & categories
- device hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | commiserate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Job's comforter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comfort |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quilt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quilt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bedclothes |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eiderdown |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patchwork quilt |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ease |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | assuage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |