Definition of Comfort

1. Noun. A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain. "She longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"

Exact synonyms: Comfortableness
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Ease, Relief, Solace, Solacement, Cosiness, Coziness, Snugness, Convenience
Attributes: Comfortable, Comfy, Uncomfortable
Antonyms: Discomfort
Derivative terms: Comfortable

2. Verb. Give moral or emotional strength to. "The performance is likely to comfort Sue"

3. Noun. A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment.
Generic synonyms: Pleasance, Pleasure
Specialized synonyms: Consolation, Solace, Solacement, Alleviation, Assuagement, Relief

4. Verb. Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate. ; "Ease the pain in your legs"
Exact synonyms: Ease
Generic synonyms: Alleviate, Assuage, Palliate, Relieve
Derivative terms: Comforter, Comforter, Easement, Easing

5. Noun. The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. "His presence was a consolation to her"
Exact synonyms: Consolation, Solace
Generic synonyms: Ministration, Relief, Succor, Succour
Derivative terms: Console, Solace

6. Noun. A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. "He had all the material comforts of this world"
Exact synonyms: Ease
Generic synonyms: Affluence, Richness
Specialized synonyms: Lap Of Luxury

7. Noun. Satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing. "A padded chair was one of the room's few comforts"
Generic synonyms: Gratification, Satisfaction

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

9. Noun. Assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal. "It gave comfort to the enemy"
Generic synonyms: Aid, Assist, Assistance, Help

Definition of Comfort

1. v. t. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

2. n. Assistance; relief; support.

Definition of Comfort

1. Noun. Contentment, ease. ¹

2. Noun. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. ¹

3. Noun. A cause of relief or satisfaction. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) : To provide '''comfort''' to or relieve suffering. ¹

5. Verb. To make the physical circumstances comfortable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comfort

1. to soothe in time of grief [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comfort

cometology
comets
comeupance
comeupances
comeuppance
comeuppances
comfier
comfiest
comfily
comfiness
comfinesses
comfit
comfits
comfiture
comfitures
comfort (current term)
comfort break
comfort breaks
comfort food
comfort girls
comfort station
comfort woman
comfort women
comfort zone
comfort zones
comfortability
comfortable
comfortable in one's own skin
comfortable in one's skin

Literary usage of Comfort

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

1. War with Devils: Ministration Of, and Communion with Angels by Isaac Ambrose (1769)
"Here is a foul (if imy) that is ripe for comfort; but till a man come to this frame, ... will nothing ferve but comfort ? Is this thy voice, Some crumbs of ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"CHAPTER I. ONE of the first things which comfort remembered being told was that she had been named for her Aunt comfort, who had given her a gold ring and a ..."

3. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"He relates the tears of his mother, and a dream she had of heavenly comfort concerning her son. AND Thou "sentest Thine, hand from above" (Ps. cxliv. ..."

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