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noun

plural of comfort

as in consolations

a feeling of ease from grief or trouble the mourners found comfort in their pastor's words

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as in amenities

something that adds to one's ease of living a family campground with all the comforts of home

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as in reliefs

reduction of or freedom from pain a life of comfort

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as in luxuries

something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary a hotel room featuring an array of domestic comforts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of comfort

as in assures

to ease the grief or distress of the first responders did their best to comfort the victims of the terrible tornado

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Recent Examples of comforts

Noun

And Crystal doesn’t shy from the still-searing pain that comes with watching the host of so many memories and keepsakes and taken-for-granted comforts go up in flames. — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Today, the interiors mix old-school charm with modern comforts. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026 This one comes somewhere in between, still keeping things very compact but adding some home comforts too. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026 At one point luxury travel meant being able to be anywhere and have the comforts of your office—yachts and Aman resorts offer satellite service and Wi-Fi so that you can be pampered but still take a meeting or be active in the family group chat. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Oct. 2026 This hotel carries on the best of Edinburgh traditions while going above and beyond with 21st-century comforts. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Fisher designed a 5,000-square-foot studio and home that combines the aesthetics of a downtown artist’s loft and the comforts of a single-family home in the working-class enclave that still offered inexpensive land. — Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 By evening, the Moon enters your 4th House, making home and familiar comforts especially appealing. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026 Later, Mars trines Neptune in your 4th House, making home, family, or familiar comforts especially grounding. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

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Seattle comforts you with its natural beauty, quieting your mind and heightening your senses. — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026 In one scene, Maddie gently comforts an elderly man whose brother was killed at the Pentagon when hijackers struck the building. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Further video shows officers calmly evacuating two small children as the kids' family comforts them. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 This hearty chicken chili comforts those nursing wintertime sniffles. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2026 Near the front of the hospital, a nurse comforts a man trapped beneath an SUV. — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 The nurturing Moon comforts therapeutic Chiron, brightening your 5th House of Amusement — this is your moment to attempt a new way of expressing yourself without judging yourself. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026 Trump has a video conference with French First Lady Brigitte Macron to discuss initiatives to end cyberbullying, meets with Queen Rania of Jordan to discuss helping foster children and comforts former Hamas hostage Aviva Siegel. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026 The base blends sesame and rice bran oils for a cushiony, fast-absorbing texture that immediately comforts dry skin. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 23 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comforts

Noun

But the consolations of art do not depend on achievement, and that might be Kingsolver’s most direct riposte to her critics.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Alejo listens carefully, occasionally offering a tissue or murmuring consolations.

— Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026

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Jackson Hole's first and only ski-in, ski-out ultra-luxury private club and residences, which opened in January 2026, has five-star amenities, personalized service, and accommodations that rival the swishiest rentals.

— Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Davidson Just outside Charlotte and with all the hospital amenities of the nearby metro, Davidson isn’t just for the college students of its namesake university.

— Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of amenities

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Featuring towering stone columns, colorful reliefs (despite being 3,200 years old) and famous carvings, it's bypassed by tour buses heading straight for Hatshepsut.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Giulio Dalvit, curator of sculpture at the Frick, said that the exhibition’s five free-standing figures, two tomb monuments, 11 cast reliefs and eight commemorative medals represent a large portion of bronze artworks from 15th-century Siena.

— Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of reliefs

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Growing shares of Americans call relative luxuries unaffordable, too.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of luxuries

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Many folks send encouragements toward OP mom and her son, while others put heat on the other parents for sexualizing their kids’ friendship.

— DeVonne Goode, Parents, 26 July 2026
All through the park, competitors and onlookers hit vapes and shout tips and encouragements into trees.

— Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026

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Adding conveniences, Kohl’s recently went live with Instacart and DoorDash, and will be live with Uber Eats soon.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
Four save slots per game and a rewind function introduce a few conveniences that players in 1983 could only have dreamed about.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026