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Comforter

Definition: Comforter

Comforter

Noun

1. Commiserates with someone who has had misfortune.

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

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

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "comforter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Specialty Definition: Comforter

DomainDefinition

Bible

Comforter the designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., "or Advocate, or Helper; Gr. paracletos"). The same Greek word thus rendered is translated "Advocate" in 1 John 2:1 as applicable to Christ. It means properly "one who is summoned to the side of another" to help him in a court of justice by defending him, "one who is summoned to plead a cause." "Advocate" is the proper rendering of the word in every case where it occurs. It is worthy of notice that although Paul nowhere uses the word paracletos, he yet presents the idea it embodies when he speaks of the "intercession" both of Christ and the Spirit (Rom. 8:27, 34). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Industry

A rubber teat for babies to suck or bite on. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Comforter

Synonyms: allayer (n), baby's dummy (n), pacifier (n), puff (n), quilt (n), reliever (n), sympathizer (n), teething ring (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Comforter

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clothing

Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma

Deity

God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete; The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove.

Dejection

Affliction; sorry sight; memento mori; damper, wet blanket, Job's comforter.

Hopelessness

Noun: hopelessness; Adjective: despair, desperation; despondency, depression; (dejection); pessimism, pessimist; Job's comforter; bird of bad omen, bird of ill omen.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Comforter

English words defined with "comforter": Holy Ghost ♦ Paraclete. (references)
Specialty definitions using "comforter": JOB'S COMFORTER ♦ Manichæ'ans ♦ no, Nor ♦ QUILT STUFFER, QUILT STUFFER, MACHINE ♦ wool-batting worker. (references)

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Modern Usage: Comforter

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's a comforter (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Song Titles

Comforter (performing artist: Shai)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Comforter

DomainTitle

Books

  • God's Word for Today: Hosea: Critic and Comforter for Today (reference)

  • Great Spirit ... The Comforter (reference)

  • Holy Cow, Chicago's Cooking: Church of the Holy Comforter (reference)

  • The Comforter (reference)

  • The Holy Spirit: Knowing Our Comforter (We Believe: Basics of Christianity) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Pacific Coast 6 Diamond Juneau Down Comforter, Queen (reference)

  • Pacific Coast 3 Diamond Blakely Down Comforter, King (reference)

  • Pacific Coast 4 Diamond Devon Down Comforter, King (reference)

  • Pacific Coast 6 Diamond Juneau Down Comforter, King (reference)

  • Pacific Coast 4 Diamond Devon Down Comforter, Queen (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Comforter

Illustrations:
Comforter

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Photo Album: Comforter

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The comforter / Gordon Grant. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Comforter

AuthorQuotation

Lord Byron

Oh Time! the beautifier of the dead, adorer of the ruin, comforter and only healer when the heart hath bled... Time, the avenger!

Plato

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Comforter

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

They climbed back on the load, and they avoided the long stiff figure covered and tucked in a comforter, even the head covered and tucked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Comforter

"Comforter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Comforter" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2274,468

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Comforter

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "comforter".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
NaumN/ARussian

Comforter

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Comforter

Expressions using "comforter": down comforter ♦ job's comforter ♦ Lip comforter ♦ the Comforter. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Comforter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

comforter

3,086

dolphin comforter

59

down comforter

1,084

ashley by comforter laura set

57

comforter set

1,025

tropical comforter

55

bed comforter

471

baby comforter

54

comforter cover

238

croscill comforter

51

comforter bedding

200

twin comforter

51

bed spread and comforter

139

bedroom comforter

51

hawaiian comforter

138

daybed comforter set

51

daybed comforter

134

silk comforter

50

kid comforter

115

discount comforter set

49

teen comforter

115

california king comforter

46

goose down comforter

90

zebra comforter

45

discount comforter

90

comforter oriental

45

ralph lauren comforter

88

cheap comforter

42

denim comforter

82

butterfly comforter

42

child comforter

76

laura ashley comforter

39

satin comforter

72

bed comforter set

39

palm tree comforter

68

nautica comforter

36

horse comforter

67

quilt comforter

36

tommy hilfiger comforter

63

asian comforter

36
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Comforter

Language Translations for "comforter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ngushëllues (comforting, consolatory, consoling, refuge, sympathizer). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المعزي. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

утешител (paraclete), топла завивка, вълнено шалче, биберонче. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

棉被 (quilt), 保 師 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

utìšitel (soother), dudlík (dummy, pacifier, teat), šidítko (pacifier, sop). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sut (baby-bottle mouth piece, dummy, nipple, pacifier, teat, teat nipple), støvsuger (baby's comforter, dummy, pacifier, vacuum cleaner, vacuum-cleaner). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zuigglas (baby's comforter, dummy, pacifier, vacuum-cleaner), stofzuiger (baby's comforter, dummy, pacifier, vacuum cleaner, vacuum-cleaner), speen (baby's comforter, dummy, nipple, pacifier, vacuum-cleaner), fopspeen (baby's comforter, dummy, pacifier, vacuum-cleaner). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

suĉilo (baby's comforter, dummy, pacifier, vacuum-cleaner). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تسلی دهنده , راحتی بخش . (various references)

   

French

  

consolateur (consolatory), sucette, soucette (baby's comforter), aspirateur (baby's comforter). (various references)

   

German

  

tröster (comforters), Schnuller (dummy, nipple, pacifier, teat). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κασκόλ (muffler, scarf), πιπίλα μωρού, πιπίλα (dummy), παρηγορητήσ (consoler, solacer), εφάπλωμα, ανακουφίζων (alleviator, reliever). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ חם (assuager, consolatory, consoler). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vigasztaló (comforting, consolatory, consoling). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pelipur (consoler, soother). (various references)

   

Italian

  

consolatore. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

襟巻 (muffler, scarf), 首巻き (muffler, neckerchief), 首巻 (muffler, neckerchief), 掛け'団 (quilt), 慰安者 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

くびまき (carotid artery, muffler, neckerchief), かけぶと" (bed cover, coverlet, quilt), いあ"しゃ, えりまき (muffler, scarf). (various references)

   

Manx

  

gobban, gerjeyder (consoler). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omfortercay

   

Portuguese

  

consolador (cheering, consoling), cachecol (belcher, cravat, muffler, neckerchief, scarf, wrap), manta de lã, acolchoado (bedspread, padded, quilt, quilted, upholsterer). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

consolator (comforting, consolatory, consoling), mângâietor (comfortable, comforting, smooth, softening), fular de lânã, fular (handkerchief, muffler, neckcloth, neckerchief), eşarfã (sash, scarf, shawl), basma (handkerchief, headkerchief, kerchief, neckerchief, shawl, wrap), şal (scarf, shawl, wrap). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

утешитель (paraclete, solacer). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vuneni šal, utešilac, jorgan (quilt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

consolador (comforting, consolatory, dildo, soothing), confortador, chupete (dummy, lollipop, pacifier), edredón (duvet, eiderdown, puff, quilt), bufanda (muffler, scarf). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tröstare. (various references)

   

Thai

  

คนที่ทำให้สถานการ"์ยิ่งเลวร้ายเมื่อต้องการจะปลอบหรือช่วยเหลือคนอื่น (Job's comforter). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yorgan (quilt), yün atkı, rahatlatıcı şey, emzik (cigarette holder, nipple, nose, pacifier, teat), avutan kimse. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

утішник, соска (feeder, nipple), кашне (muffle, muffler). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người dỗ d nh, người an ủi (alleviator, comfort, paraclete). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cysurwr, diddanydd, diddanwr. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Comforter

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

consolator, consolatorem, consolatores. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Comforter

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 14, Verse 16
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai egw erwthsw ton patera kai allon paraklhton dwsei umin ina menh meq umwn eiV ton aiwna
Latin405VulgateEt ego rogabo Patrem et alium paracletum dabit vobis ut maneat vobiscum in aeternum
Old English990West Saxon& ic bidde fæder. & he sylð eowoðerne frefiend þæt beo æfre mid eow.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Y schal preye the fadir, and he schal yyue to you another coumfortour,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd I will praye the father and he shall geve you a nother comforter yt he maye byde with you ever
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Basic English1964OgdenAnd I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Comforter

LanguageJohn Chapter 14, Verse 16
CebuanoUg ako mangamuyo sa Amahan, ug kamo iyang pagahatagan ug laing Manlalaban nga magapakig-uban kaninyo hangtud sa kahangturan,
CroatianI ja æu moliti Oca i on æe vam dati drugoga Branitelja da bude s vama zauvijek:
DanishOg jeg vil bede Faderen, og han skal give eder en anden Talsmand til at være hos eder evindelig,
DutchEn Ik zal den Vader bidden, en Hij zal u een anderen Trooster geven, opdat Hij bij u blijve in der eeuwigheid;
FinnishJa minä olen rukoileva Isää, ja hän antaa teille toisen Puolustajan olemaan teidän kanssanne iankaikkisesti,
FrenchEt moi, je prierai le Père, et il vous donnera un autre consolateur, afin qu`il demeure éternellement avec vous,
GermanUnd ich will den Vater bitten, und er soll euch einen andern Tröster geben, daß er bei euch bleibe ewiglich:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAku akan minta kepada Bapa, dan Ia akan memberikan kepadamu Penolong lain, yang akan tinggal bersama kalian untuk selama-lamanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan Aku akan mintakan kepada Bapa, maka Ia akan mengaruniakan kepada kamu Penolong yang lain, supaya Ia menyertai kamu selama-lamanya,
MaoriKa inoi ahau ki te Matua, a mana e hoatu ki a koutou tetahi atu Kaiwhakamarie, hei noho tonu ki a koutou.
Norwegianog jeg vil bede Faderen, og han skal gi eder en annen talsmann, forat han kan være hos eder evindelig,
PortugueseE eu rogarei ao Pai, e ele vos dará outro Ajudador, para que fique convosco para sempre.   
ShuarTura wéakun winia Aparun chikichan akupturmakti tusan seattajai. Niisha atumjai tuke pujak atsantamprartatui.
SpanishY yo rogaré al Padre y os dará otro Consolador, para que esté con vosotros para siempre.
SwahiliNami nitamwomba Baba naye atawapeni Msaidizi mwingine, atakayekaa nanyi milele.
Swedishoch jag skall bedja Fadern, och han skall giva eder en annan Hjälpare, som för alltid skall vara hos eder:
UmaKuperapi' hi Tuama-ku, bona nawai' -koi hadua Topetulungi to ntani' -na, bona Hi'a-damo mpodohei-koi duu' kahae-hae-na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Comforter

Derivations

Words beginning with "comforter": comforters. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Comforter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Comforseg, comporter, conforter, coumforte. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Comforter"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "comforter" (pronounced ku"mferter)
4-f er t erFrankfurter.
3-er t erdeserter.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Comforter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-f-m-o-o-r-r-t"

-2 letters: comfort, crofter.

-3 letters: cooter, foetor, footer, forcer, former, mooter, rector, reform, reroof, roofer, roomer, rooter, termor, torero, tremor.

-4 letters: comer, comet, comte, cooer, corer, croft, crore, fetor, force, forme, forte, frore, metro, morro, motor, ofter, ormer, recto, retro, romeo, rotor.

-5 letters: cero, coft, come, coof, coot, core, corf, corm, cote, foot, fore, form, fort.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-f-m-o-o-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: comforters.

 

+2 letters: electroform.

 

+3 letters: electroforms, fluorometric.

 

+4 letters: counterreform, electroformed.

 

+5 letters: counterreforms, electroforming, reconfirmation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern 		5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar 		9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions 		13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace 		17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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