soother

1. archaiccomparativecomparative form of sooth: more sooth, truer.

plural soothers

1. One who, or that which, soothes.
2. CanadaIrelandA pacifier; a plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.

   Customs earlier received a referral from a related organisation that suspected unsafe soother holders were being supplied on the market.

   2024 April 9, Hong Kong Government Press Release, “Archived copy”, in Hong Kong Customs alerts public on two unsafe soother holders, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2025

   Synonyms: binky, bink, bo-bo, comforter, dodie, dummy, nookie, paci

present singular third person soothers · participle present soothering · participle past soothered · past soothered

1. To soothe.

   1 more example

   And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC