Definition of Comforter

1. Noun. Commiserates with someone who has had misfortune.

Exact synonyms: Sympathiser, Sympathizer
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Job's Comforter
Derivative terms: Comfort, Sympathise, Sympathize

2. Noun. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. "An allayer of fears"
Exact synonyms: Allayer, Reliever
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Allay, Comfort, Relieve

3. Noun. Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.
Exact synonyms: Comfort, Puff, Quilt
Generic synonyms: Bed Clothing, Bedclothes, Bedding
Specialized synonyms: Continental Quilt, Duvet, Eiderdown, Patchwork, Patchwork Quilt
Derivative terms: Comfort, Comfort, Quilt, Quilt

4. Noun. Device used for an infant to suck or bite on.
Exact synonyms: Baby's Dummy, Pacifier, Teething Ring
Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Comfort, Pacify

Definition of Comforter

1. n. One who administers comfort or consolation.

Definition of Comforter

1. Proper noun. The Holy Spirit. ¹

2. Noun. A person who comforts someone who is suffering. ¹

3. Noun. A padded cover or quilt for a bed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comforter

1. one that comforts [n -S] - See also: comforts

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comforter

comfort station
comfort woman
comfort women
comfort zone
comfort zones
comfortability
comfortable
comfortable in one's own skin
comfortable in one's skin
comfortableness
comfortables
comfortably
comfortably off
comforted
comfortedest
comforter (current term)
comforters
comfortest
comforteth
comforting
comfortingly
comfortingness
comfortless
comfortlessly
comfortlessness
comfortment
comfortments
comfortress
comfortresses
comforts

Literary usage of Comforter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ninety-six Sermons by Lancelot Andrewes (1850)
"JOHN xiv. \5, 16. If ye love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that He may ..."

2. Works by Lancelot Andrewes, John Buckeridge (1854)
"15, 16. If ye love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that He may abide with you for ever. ..."

3. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"The Spirit sent as a sanctifier, and as a comforter. The adjuncts of his mission considered. The foundation of his mission ; John xv. 26. ..."

4. Parochial Sermons by Edward Bouverie Pusey (1873)
"If ye love Me, keep My commandments, and I " (as Man, He saith) " will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that He may abide with you ..."

5. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1847)
"comforter whom the Father will send in my name; the Com-2 farter whom I will send unto you from the Father; and when that comforter is come, Go, ..."

6. The Monthly Miscellany by Cazneau Palfrey, Ezra S Gannett (1840)
"And I will pray the Father; and He shall give you mother comforter,—that he may abide with you forever,—even the spirit of troth." JESUS speaks to a case of ..."

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