n. 1
A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
n. 2
Contentment, ease.
Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
v. 1
To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.

Related words

Word family: comfortability comfortable comfortless comforter comforting
Phrases: comfort station comfort room comfort break comfort eating comfort noise comfort stone comfort stop comfort tone
Is a kind of: affect

Forms

Plural: comforts → eases, consolations, reliefs, satisfactions…
Past participle: comforted
e.g. comforted → solaced, soothed, relieved, mollified…

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or Comfort?

Comfort may be almost wholly negative, being found in security or relief from that which pains or annoys; there is comfort by a warm fireside on a wintry night; the sympathy of a true friend affords comfort in sorrow.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

relief Two relief trains will be put on this route today.
ease I was surprised because he lifted me up with ease.
satisfaction Customer satisfaction is our number one priority.
consolation Alex found consolation in the words of his friend.
glimmer There was a glimmer of light from the dark window.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
comfort		rising
relief		steady
ease		steady
satisfaction		steady
consolation		rising
glimmer		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: aid¹
4 letters: help¹, ease¹, puff¹, liss¹
5 letters: cheer¹, quilt¹
6 letters: relief², revive², solace², soothe¹, succor²
7 letters: support², console², relieve², refresh², respite², glimmer², succour, gladden², mollify³, hearten²
8 letters: pleasure², besoothe
9 letters: encourage³, happiness³, enjoyment³, comforter³
10 letters: assistance³, strengthen²
11 letters: consolation⁴, countenance³, domesticity⁵
12 letters: satisfaction⁴
13 letters: encouragement⁴
14 letters: comfortability
15 letters: comfortableness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relief² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: confort
Italiano: conforto
Español: confort
Deutsch: Bequemlichkeit
Català: confort