creature comforts

noun

plural of creature comfort
as in amenities
something that adds to one's ease of living she's too addicted to creature comforts to enjoy roughing it, even for a few days

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Recent Examples of creature comforts Don't forget a few creature comforts to make the entire journey more pleasant for all. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026 The area is isolated and far from creature comforts, but residents love it. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Heat, air conditioning, and hot water are basic creature comforts many depend on. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 The onboard toilet is perhaps the spaceflight amenity held most dear to astronauts who value creature comforts. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026 Hark back, for instance, to Austin’s miserable decades as a frontier outpost with few creature comforts before the Civil War. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026 This is the forefront of super luxury today, an era when performance figures, opulent design and creature comforts alone can’t make a car feel truly special. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 More importantly, however, Chiron enters Taurus today, offering a preview of a much deeper collective healing journey around self-worth, money matters, creature comforts and personal values. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026 This is one of few Rosewood hotels in the region (there's the newly re-opened, Rosewood Little Dix Bay in the BVIs, and one upcoming on Antigua in 2022) and the group tends to focus on the destination without compromising the creature comforts that come with the price tag. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creature comforts
  1. amenities
  2. luxuries
  3. benefits
  4. accommodations
  5. mod cons
Noun
  • Additional medical staff are on site, and cooling amenities include an inflatable misting station near the First Base Plaza and misting fans at the Left Field Plaza and Section 210.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • The complex has amenities such as a fitness center, coffee shop, movie theater, community garden, community center and library, and a picnic area with grills, providing common spaces for residents to socialize, volunteer and relax.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of amenities
Noun
  • Salted and preserved fish and meats, including bacon, sausage, liver pudding and offal, were staples of working-class people's diets, while the upper classes indulged in such luxuries as white flour and sugar.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • Due to postwar prosperity and changes in pool-construction technology, private pools were no longer considered luxuries but within reach of the burgeoning middle-class.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of luxuries
Noun
  • On Tuesday, the State Controller’s Office reported that California’s net liability for state retirees’ health and dental benefits is estimated to be $78 billion, which is down $14 billion from last year’s estimate.
    — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • Paramount has repeatedly touted the benefits of the transaction, and Ellison has attempted to reassure Hollywood’s creative community by promising to put 30 movies a year in theaters.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of benefits
Noun
  • The fare includes accommodations, many meals on board, drinks like regular coffee and lemonade, entertainment and more.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The hotel falsely advertised accommodations with two queen beds and then gave you a room with smaller beds and alarming, unsanitary conditions, including suspicious red splatters.
    — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of accommodations
Noun
  • Spanning over 14,500 square feet—notably large for Central London—the polished pad seamlessly combines original period features and Victorian proportions with the latest tech and mod cons.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of mod cons

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