SOOTHES Synonyms

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• make easier

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• satisfy (thirst)

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

• freedom from constraint or embarrassment

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• move gently or carefully

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• make easier

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

• to temper

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• make less rigid or softer

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• relieve oneself of troubling information

• provide relief for

• free from a burden, evil, or distress

• take by stealing

• grant exemption or release to

• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

• a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

• a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state

• satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal

• give moral or emotional strength to

• lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate

• act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

• a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

• a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

• an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)

• housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

• give moral or emotional strength to

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• comfort in disappointment or misery

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• give moral or emotional strength to

• move in order to make room for someone for something

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• end resistance, as under pressure or force

• stop operating or functioning