soother

Examples

• All

• A professional soother, Randall thought.

  Fiction book (1996)

• India's a hard country to escape, but I'd found that the spice-infused tea was a great nerve soother, such a seemingly civilized thing—taking tea in the afternoon.

  Blog text (26)

• As a natural soother, she always knows how to calm her friends during stressful moments.

• During the argument, he acted as a soother, helping both sides to find common ground.

• Teachers often serve as soothers for students who are feeling anxious before a big test.

Synonyms

R

reliever

vssoother

9 3.7

Something that makes pain or worry less

focuses specifically on calming or pacifying others in conflict or distress

C

comforter

vssoother

5 3.4

A person who helps someone feel less sad or worried

emphasizes active calming and pacifying during arguments or distress

C

consoler

vssoother

1 4.0

A person who makes someone feel less sad

covers calming in conflicts as well as soothing personal distress

P

pacifier

vssoother

1 7.0

A person who calms people and helps stop conflict

applies more broadly to calming people in arguments or distress

M

mollifier

vssoother

8.2

A person who calms others in tense situations

is the general role of calming others during arguments or distress

Antonyms

A

aggressor

53 4.9

A person, group, or country that starts a fight

I

instigator

12 6.8

A person who starts trouble or urges others to act

How Calming

peacemaker

23 3.7

mediator

45 4.0

soother

4.2

counselor

• US

311 3.2

comforter

5 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology