Synonyms for soother
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sooth |
| Phonetic Transcription : suθ |
Top 10 synonyms for soother Other synonyms for the word soother
- alleviator
- analgesic
- anesthetic
- anodyne
- application
- assuagement
- balsam
- cerate
- comfort
- compound
- cream
- curative
- cure
- demulcent
- dressing
- easement
- embrocation
- emollient
- formula
- medicine
- mitigation
- narcotic
- pacifier
- painkiller
- peacemaker
- poultice
- preparation
- prescription
- refreshment
- relief
- remedy
- restorative
- sedative
- soother
- soothing agent
- stabilizer
- unction
- unguent
Définition of soother
Origin :- Old English soð "truth, justice, righteousness, rectitude; reality, certainty," noun use of soð (adj.) "true, genuine, real; just, righteous," originally *sonð-, from Proto-Germanic *santhaz (cf. Old Norse sannr, Old Saxon soth, Old High German sand "true," Gothic sunja "truth").
- The group is related to Old English synn "sin" and Latin sontis "guilty" (truth is related to guilt via "being the one;" see sin (v.)), from PIE *es-ont- "being, existence," thus "real, true," from present participle of root *es-, the s-form of the verb "to be" (see be), preserved in Latin sunt "they are" and German sind. Archaic in English, it is the root of modern words for "true" in Swedish (sann) and Danish (sand). In common use until mid-17c., then obsolete until revived as an archaism early 19c. by Scott, etc. Used for Latin pro- in translating compounds into Old English, e.g. soðtacen "prodigy," soðfylgan "prosequi."
- As in moderator : noun mitigator
- As in balm : noun oily substance
- As in balm : noun something soothing
- As in anodyne : noun painkiller
- As in analgesic : noun pain remover
- Be what he asks of you,—his comforter, his soother; be more,—his pride and his joy.
- Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He got through a vast amount of work, only soother of the nerves he knew.
- Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
- I am the soother, the joy, the life, the happiness inexhaustible!
- Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert
- The location of the seat of government was chosen as the soother.
- Extract from : « Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. » by Benson J. Lossing
- If Ryanne was without the soother, so much the worse for him.
- Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
- There was a want of some soother of the excitement produced.
- Extract from : « William Shakespeare as he lived. » by Henry Curling
- We are now to observe him reft of every admirer, every soother, every friend.
- Extract from : « Sermons Preached at Brighton » by Frederick W. Robertson
- Time is a soother of sorrows, a healer of rancours, however legitimate.
- Extract from : « Observations of an Orderly » by Ward Muir
- There is no soother so effectual as the soft voice of the Gospel.
- Extract from : « The Knight of the Golden Melice » by John Turvill Adams
- My Bible was my only companion—my soother and support; for I found no threat there but against the wicked.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 » by Various
Antonyms for soother
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