cushion

Meaning of cushion

noun
  1. a bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on.
    comfortable chairs and sofas piled with cushions
  2. something providing support or protection against impact.
    underlay forms a cushion between carpet and floor
verb
  1. soften the effect of an impact on.
    the bag cushions equipment from inevitable knocks
  2. mitigate the adverse effects of.
    to cushion the blow, wages and pensions were increased

Middle English: from Old French cuissin, based on a Latin word meaning ‘cushion for the hip’, from coxa ‘hip, thigh’. The Romans also had a word cubital ‘elbow cushion’, from cubitus ‘elbow’.

Information about cushion

  • The plural form of cushion is: cushions.
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Hyphenation of cushion

cush-ion

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • cushion is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cushion synonyms

Meaning shock absorber:

shock

Meaning buffer:

buffer, soften

Meaning a rectangular cloth bag stuffed with feathers or other soft materials, used to support the head when lying or sleeping:

pillow

Meaning a long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support:

bolster

Meaning a padded part extending from or fixed to the back of a seat or chair, designed to support the head:

headrest

Meaning a small bag filled with dried beans and used in children's games:

beanbag

Meaning a young unfledged pigeon:

squab

Meaning a cushion for kneeling on in church, while at prayer:

hassock

Meaning a person who kneels, especially in prayer:

kneeler

Meaning a piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on:

mat

Meaning a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist:

pillion

Meaning a person or thing that protects someone or something:

protection

Meaning a broad piece of metal or another suitable material, held by straps or a handle attached on one side, used as a protection against blows or missiles:

shield

Meaning a defensive wall:

bulwark

Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:

protect

Meaning protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather:

shelter

Meaning envelop in a protective or comforting way:

cocoon

Meaning make or become less; diminish:

lessen

Meaning make or become less:

diminish

Meaning make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree:

decrease

Meaning make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful:

mitigate

Meaning act as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to (something):

temper

Meaning diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry):

allay

Meaning make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe:

alleviate

Meaning make or become dull or less intense:

dull

Meaning make or become less sharp:

blunt

Meaning make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense:

deaden

Meaning take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact):

absorb

Meaning wrap or cover for warmth:

muffle

Meaning make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:

stifle

cushion antonyms

Meaning make (something) visible by uncovering it:

expose

Meaning become or make more intense:

intensify

Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:

exacerbate

Translation of cushion

Words that rhyme with cushion

Echion, Munychion, falchion, fauchion, faulchion, nunchion, orecchion, panchion, scuchion, stanchion, stenchion, trichion, Amphion, Ophion, amphion, crotaphion, gumphion, scaphion, sulphion, Cashion, antifashion, disfashion, encushion, fashion, fushion, hushion, misfashion, pincushion, prefashion, recushion, refashion, semifashion, spermashion, transfashion, unfashion, upcushion, Emathion, Fenthion, Gorgythion, Malathion, acanthion, apocynthion, apsinthion, athidathion, carbophenothion, cathion, cekumethion, cekutrothion, chemathion, chlorothion

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