creature comforts
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- noun
- /ˈkriːtʃər ˈkʌmfərts/
- Informal
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comodidades
- "If you've got to go out into the wilderness, you might as well bring a few creature comforts with you."
- enjoy the creature comforts
- lack of creature comforts
- creature comforts of home
Yes, money does buy you some creature comforts for sure.
- Yes, money does buy you some creature comforts for sure.
- All I need is a place that's got the creature comforts that I'm looking for.
- Now, human beings can enjoy both of these sorts of things, the virtues and all these other creature comforts, let's call them, right?
- Our last system assumes a buyer who is willing to pay more for creature comforts like sleeved cables, RGB lighting, overclocking, and quiet operation.
- This car has got all the creature comforts at home, AC, Bluetooth, radio, you know, it's just a fun ride and I like to drive this car a lot.
- But they are behind on the monetization and the creator creature comforts that YouTube has been so good at for so long.
Examples
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Safe, snug, and teeming with creature comforts.
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They've been living there for years, some with a lot of creature comforts—putt-putt generators running TV sets, that sort of thing.
Fiction book (2000) -
We have no need of anything except the creature comforts and lots of them.
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We have all the creature comforts we need.
Blog text (4) -
I used to think I wanted some sort of lifestyle... a good job, fabulous friends, all the creature comforts.
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You deserve it, for all the creature comforts you've given me.
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Working there was more economical than renting an office, and I could be close to my creature comforts.
Fiction book (1991) -
May I presume, General, you'll be good enough to offer me some small measure of creature comforts?
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It was a riverboat that provided all the creature comforts, including air conditioning for adventurous Americans.
Academic text (2005) -
During our camping trip, we decided to rough it without any of our usual creature comforts.
Synonyms
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Possessions and money that make life easier
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A useful thing in a building or place that makes living more comfortable
Things like a warm bed or nice food that make life pleasant and easy
Things that make life easier and more comfortable, like a dishwasher or Wi‑Fi
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense can be partly deduced from the parts: 'comforts' = amenities and 'creature' = a living being, so a learner can infer it refers to comforts enjoyed by people. However the phrase is a conventionalized collocation with a somewhat figurative/old-fashioned use of 'creature' and a specific idiomatic focus on everyday material conveniences, so the full meaning is not completely predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Creature comforts comes from the old idea of a creature as any living being and comforts as the small things that make life easier. Picture an animal or person enjoying warm food, a soft bed and a cozy fire, so creature comforts now means 'material things that make life comfortable'.