comforter meaning and definition

COMFORTER noun

Definition of comforter (noun)

1. commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
   • synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer
2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
   • "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
   • synonyms: allayer, reliever
3. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
   • synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt
4. device used for an infant to suck or bite on
   • synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring