All cushion synonyms
cush·ion
C c verb cushion
- bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- dampen — To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- seclude — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- deaden — If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- pillow — a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- lessen — to become less.
noun cushion
- headrest — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- beanbag — A beanbag is a large round cushion filled with tiny pieces of plastic or rubber. It takes the shape of your body when you sit on it.
- hassock — a thick, firm cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.
- buffer — A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.
- mat — a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- bumper — Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something.
- fender — the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- squab — a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.