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| Main Entry: | cushion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillow, pad |
| Synonyms: | bolster, buffer, fender, hassock, mat, rest, seat, sham, beanbag, bumper, headrest, 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: | 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, stay, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, shore up |
| Antonyms: | hinder, obstruct, prevent, undermine, not support |
| Main Entry: | buffer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safeguard |
| Synonyms: | bulwark, cushion, defense, fender, intermediary, screen, shield, shock absorber, bumper |
| Main Entry: | cocoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect with covering |
| Synonyms: | cushion, envelop, insulate, pad, swaddle, swathe, truss, wrap, encase |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece protecting part of a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | apron, buffer, cover, curb, cushion, frame, guard, mask, protector, screen, shield, ward, bumper, mudguard, splashboard |
| Main Entry: | insulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect; close off |
| Synonyms: | coat, cocoon, cushion, cut off, inlay, island, isolate, line, seclude, separate, sequester, shield, tape, treat, wrap, keep apart, set apart |
| 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, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, temper, tranquilize, dulcify, patch things up, take sting out |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | muffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, make quiet |
| Synonyms: | conceal, cover, cushion, dampen, deaden, decrease, drown, dull, envelop, gag, hide, hush, mellow, mute, muzzle, shut down, silence, smother, soft-pedal*, soften, squelch, stifle, subdue, tone down*, wrap*, put the lid on, quieten, sit down on |
| Antonyms: | blab, tell, let loose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of; guard from harm |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, champion, chaperon, conserve, cover, cushion, defend, fend, foster, go to bat for*, harbor, hedge, insulate, keep, preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, sentinel, shade, shelter, shield, stonewall*, support, watch, care for, cover all bases, cover up, give refuge, give sanctuary, keep safe, look after, ride shotgun for, shotgun, stand guard, take under wing, watch over |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soften |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify, palliate, qualify, quell, relax, relent, still, subdue, temper, thaw, tone down, turn down, weaken, yield, become tender, tenderize |
| Antonyms: | irritate, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | wad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ball of something |
| Synonyms: | back, block, boodle, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, cushion, fortune, gathering, heap, hunk, lining, lump, mass, mint, nugget, packet, pad, pile, plug, pot, roll, stuff, tuft, ream, slew, wadding |
| Main Entry: | hassock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | footrest |
| Synonyms: | cushion, footstool, ottoman, stool |
| Main Entry: | shock absorber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle suspension system |
| Synonyms: | cushion, spring, leaf springs, suspension system, torsion bars |
| Main Entry: | mattress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bedding |
| Synonyms: | bed, cushion, futon, box spring, innerspring, pallet, springs |
| Main Entry: | pad/padding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | buffer, cushion, filling, packing, stuffing, wad, waste, wadding |
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect with cushioning |
| Synonyms: | cushion, fill, fill out, line, pack, protect, shape, stuff |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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