SOLACE
Dictionary entry overview: What does solace mean?
• SOLACE (noun)
The noun SOLACE has 3 senses:
1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
2. comfort in disappointment or misery
3. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
Familiarity information: SOLACE used as a noun is uncommon.
• SOLACE (verb)
The verb SOLACE has 1 sense:
1. give moral or emotional strength to
Familiarity information: SOLACE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOLACE (noun)
Meaning:
The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
consolation; solace; solacement
Context example:
second place was no consolation to him
Hypernyms ("solace" is a kind of...):
comfort (a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solace"):
cold comfort (very limited consolation or empathy)
bright side; silver lining (a consoling aspect of a difficult situation)
Meaning:
Comfort in disappointment or misery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
solacement; solace
Hypernyms ("solace" is a kind of...):
comfort; comfortableness (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain)
Meaning:
The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
consolation; comfort; solace
Context example:
his presence was a consolation to her
Hypernyms ("solace" is a kind of...):
ministration; relief; succor; succour (assistance in time of difficulty)
• SOLACE (verb)
Meaning:
Give moral or emotional strength to
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
comfort; console; solace; soothe
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "solace"):
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)
allay; ease; relieve; still (lessen the intensity of or calm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The good news will solace her
