comforter (n.)

  1. commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

    [ Syn: sympathizer , sympathiser ]

  2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; a reliever of anxiety; an allayer of fears

    [ Syn: reliever , allayer ]

  3. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

    [ Syn: quilt , comfort , puff ]

  4. device used for an infant to suck or bite on

    [ Syn: pacifier , babys dummy , teething ring ]

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