comforter

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/ UK /ˈkʌmfətə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a thick padded quilt, or one who consoles others

She pulled the down comforter up against the winter chill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a thick padded quilt, or... quilt duveteiderdownconsolersoother

Opposites

tormentor

Word family

Related forms comfort comfortable comforting

Etymology

From comfort + -er, from Old French conforter ('to comfort, strengthen'), from Late Latin confortare, from com- (intensive) + fortis ('strong').

confortare Late Latin fortis Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# comforter

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌmfətə/

## Meanings
1. a thick padded quilt, or one who consoles others

## Examples
- She pulled the down comforter up against the winter chill.

## Synonyms
- quilt
- duvet
- eiderdown
- consoler
- soother

## Antonyms
- tormentor

## Related Forms
- comfort
- comfortable
- comforting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: confortare
- Root: fortis

## Etymology
From comfort + -er, from Old French conforter ('to comfort, strengthen'), from Late Latin confortare, from com- (intensive) + fortis ('strong').

## AI Etymology
Comforter is from comfort + -er, from Old French conforter ('to comfort, strengthen'), from Late Latin confortare, from com- (intensive) + fortis ('strong'). Important recorded forms include confortare (Late Latin) and fortis (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a thick padded quilt, or one who consoles others. The wider family includes related words such as comfort, comfortable, and comforting.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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