Definition for Soothing:

• Flattering; softening.

Synonyms for Soothing:

• adj.

  •alleviating (adjective)
  • Mitigating,
  • Palliating,
  • Allaying,
  • Relieving,
  • reducing,
  • moderating,
  • easing,
  • Assuaging,
  • Alleviating.
  •bland (adjective)
  • clear,
  • lenient.
  •calm (adjective)
  • unruffled,
  • pacific,
  • placid,
  • serene,
  • undisturbed,
  • restful.
  •comfortable (adjective)
  • Easeful.
  •drowsy (adjective)
  • lazy,
  • somnolent.
  •faint (adjective)
  • light,
  • subdued,
  • softened,
  • low,
  • moderate,
  • pale,
  • delicate,
  • muted.
  •gentle (adjective)
  • peaceful,
  • untroubled,
  • tender,
  • easy,
  • sensitive.
  •mild (adjective)
  • demulcent.
  •moderate (adjective)
  • composed,
  • temperate,
  • restrained,
  • cool,
  • innocuous,
  • relaxed,
  • alleviated,
  • quiet.

• n.

  •
  • satisfying.
  •appeasement (noun)
  • quelling,
  • abatement,
  • lulling,
  • mitigation,
  • Quieting,
  • conciliation,
  • assuagement,
  • Blunting,
  • alleviation,
  • solace.

• v.

  •calming (verb)
  • consoling,
  • sedating,
  • Stilling,
  • appeasing,
  • placating.
  •cheering (verb)
  • comforting.
  •moderating (verb)
  • softening,
  • abating,
  • pacifying,
  • relaxing,
  • Subduing,
  • cooling,
  • composing,
  • Restraining,
  • calming,
  • tranquilizing.
  •pacifying (verb)
  • defusing,
  • Smoothing,
  • Mollifying,
  • ebbing,
  • reconciling,
  • Hushing,
  • conciliating,
  • stabilizing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • balmy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • deliverance,
  • diffuse,
  • release,
  • mildly,
  • diminution,
  • aid,
  • still,
  • deaden,
  • appease,
  • sleep-inducing,
  • suave,
  • remission,
  • patient,
  • slackening,
  • comfortable,
  • remedy,
  • urbane,
  • steadying,
  • gracious,
  • nonabrasive,
  • disarming,
  • commute,
  • tempering,
  • falling off,
  • relieve,
  • coaxing,
  • fine,
  • Propitiating,
  • rest,
  • settling,
  • emollient,
  • easement,
  • placative,
  • cheering,
  • assuage,
  • opiate,
  • kindly,
  • depressing,
  • reprieve,
  • sedative,
  • alleviative,
  • Lullingly,
  • Dulling,
  • smoothly,
  • qualify,
  • Tender-hearted,
  • loosening,
  • numbing,
  • Pacificatory,
  • letup,
  • calmly,
  • comfort,
  • tranquilly,
  • neurotic,
  • comfortingly,
  • assuasive,
  • Modifying,
  • matt,
  • relaxation,
  • comfy,
  • petting,
  • curative,
  • stroking,
  • Cradling,
  • calmant,
  • blandly,
  • unemotional,
  • reassurance,
  • sweetly,
  • insouciant,
  • support,
  • paregoric,
  • redress,
  • placate,
  • Subduement,
  • salving,
  • soothingly,
  • Becalming,
  • analgesic,
  • softly,
  • mediation,
  • somniferous,
  • consolation,
  • Benumbing,
  • lessen,
  • caressing,
  • palliation,
  • Diminishment,
  • reassuring,
  • restfully,
  • quietening,
  • melodious,
  • humoring,
  • soothe,
  • abate,
  • ease,
  • Facilitating,
  • assistance,
  • conciliatory,
  • relief,
  • melodic,
  • respite,
  • compassionate,
  • propitiative,
  • toned down,
  • lubricating,
  • detente,
  • matte,
  • pleasant,
  • lubricant,
  • Rocking,
  • mitigate,
  • quieten,
  • indulgent,
  • modify,
  • lullaby,
  • irenic,
  • nonchalant,
  • diminish,
  • Damping,
  • Tranquillizing,
  • disarm,
  • agreeable,
  • propitiatory,
  • compose,
  • benign,
  • Allayment,
  • unction,
  • humane,
  • pastel,
  • modulation,
  • deadening,
  • purgative,
  • allay,
  • Placability,
  • inviting,
  • sweetening,
  • conciliate,
  • reduction,
  • peacemaking,
  • peaceable,
  • thoughtful,
  • analgesia,
  • narcotic,
  • alleviate,
  • peace-keeping force,
  • letdown,
  • cleansing,
  • encouragement,
  • Reconciliatory,
  • Demulsion,
  • anesthetizing,
  • palliative,
  • anesthesia,
  • Slavering,
  • refreshment,
  • anodyne,
  • lightly,
  • sleepy,
  • gentling,
  • hypnotically,
  • tenderly,
  • chasten,
  • Solacing,
  • merciful,
  • cathartic,
  • pain-killing,
  • calmingly,
  • restorative,
  • kind,
  • quietly,
  • Dulcification,
  • anesthetic,
  • healing,
  • turned down,
  • balsamic,
  • lubricative,
  • leniency,
  • pacification,
  • facilitate,
  • mollify,
  • pacify,
  • depressant,
  • placatory,
  • lightening,
  • mitigative.

Paraphrases for Soothing:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    reassuring, calming, comforting.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    appeasing, calming.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    relaxing, leaning, relaxant, peaceful, restful.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    softening, Alleviating, lessening, healing, defusing, placating, Mitigating, minimizing, Relieving, easing, Allaying, Resting, Instituting, abating, Consisting, lying, Hinging, Relying.

Antonyms for Soothing:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    stimulating, pitiless, uncomfortable, tyrannical, caustic, disturbing, energizing, annoying, nettlesome, maddening, violent, exasperating, scathing, forceful, vexatious, vexing, tiresome, aggravating, trying, savage, rugged, abrasive, heavy-handed, painful, frustrating, oppressive, forcible, strong, exquisite, invigorating, bothersome, roughened, worrisome, stimulant, unreassuring, powerful, intense, rude, galling, stressful.

Homophones for Soothing:

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