| Main Entry: | cushion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillow, pad |
Synonyms: |
beanbag, bolster, buffer, bumper, fender, hassock, headrest, mat, rest, seat, sham, squab, woolsack |
| Main Entry: | cushion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pad, protect from blow |
Synonyms: |
bolster, buttress, cradle, dampen, deaden, insulate, muffle, pillow, seclude, soften, stifle, support, suppress |
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
Synonyms: |
bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye |
Antonyms: |
attend, be aware, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | bolster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
Synonyms: |
aid, assist, bear up, boost, brace, buck up, bulwark, buoy, buttress, carry, cushion, help, hold up, maintain, pick up, pillow, prop, reinforce, shore up, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold |
Antonyms: |
hinder, not support, obstruct, prevent, undermine |
| Main Entry: | buffer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safeguard |
Synonyms: |
bulwark, bumper, cushion, defense, fender, intermediary, screen, shield, shock absorber |
| Main Entry: | cocoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect with covering |
Synonyms: |
cushion, encase, envelop, insulate, pad, swaddle, swathe, truss, wrap |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
Synonyms: |
KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
Antonyms: |
animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece protecting part of a vehicle |
Synonyms: |
apron, buffer, bumper, cover, curb, cushion, frame, guard, mask, mudguard, protector, screen, shield, splashboard, ward |
| Main Entry: | insulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect; close off |
Synonyms: |
coat, cocoon, cushion, cut off, inlay, island, isolate, keep apart, line, seclude, separate, sequester, set apart, shield, tape, treat, wrap |
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
Synonyms: |
abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize |
Antonyms: |
agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |