Need another word that means the same as “coddle”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “coddle” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Coddle” are: baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil, wait on someone hand and foot, cater to someone's every whim
Coddle as a Verb
Definitions of "Coddle" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “coddle” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Cook in nearly boiling water.
- Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.
- Treat with excessive indulgence.
- Cook (an egg) in water below boiling point.
Synonyms of "Coddle" as a verb (10 Words)
| baby | Treat someone as a baby pamper or be overprotective towards. Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes. |
| cater to someone's every whim | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. |
| cocker | Treat with excessive indulgence. |
| cosset | Care for and protect in an overindulgent way. All her life she d been cosseted by her family. |
| featherbed | Hire more workers than are necessary. |
| indulge | Treat with excessive indulgence. The writer indulged in metaphorical language. |
| mollycoddle | Treat with excessive indulgence. Let s not mollycoddle our students. |
| pamper | Treat with excessive indulgence. Famous people just love being pampered. |
| spoil | Become unfit for consumption or use. A series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re elected. |
| wait on someone hand and foot | Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something. |
Usage Examples of "Coddle" as a verb
- I was coddled and cosseted.
- You may have your eggs scrambled, poached, coddled, or boiled.
- Coddle eggs.
- Let's not mollycoddle our students!
Associations of "Coddle" (30 Words)
| adopted | Acquired as your own by free choice. My adopted state. |
| adore | Love intensely. He adored the Sacred Host. |
| baby | Treat someone as a baby pamper or be overprotective towards. Baby carrots. |
| botch | A bungled task. I ve probably made a botch of things. |
| bungle | Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly. A government bungle over state pensions. |
| cosset | Treat with excessive indulgence. All her life she d been cosseted by her family. |
| cub | Hunt fox cubs. Both share the same earth during the first ten days after cubbing. |
| deformed | So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. Deformed thalidomide babies. |
| dredge | Bring up or clear something from a river harbour or other area of water with a dredge. They start to dredge for oysters in November. |
| duckling | Young duck. |
| eaglet | A young eagle. |
| fumble | Express oneself or deal with something clumsily or nervously. Fumble a grounder. |
| impair | Make imperfect. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing. |
| infant | A schoolchild between the ages of about four and eight. Healthy infants. |
| infantile | Childish. Infantile behavior. |
| mangle | Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets. |
| mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Violence marred a number of New Year celebrations. |
| mollycoddle | A pampered darling; an effeminate man. I found school very difficult and realized I d been mollycoddled at home. |
| mutate | (with reference to a cell, DNA molecule, etc.) undergo or cause to undergo change in a gene or genes. The virus is able to mutate into new forms that are immune to the vaccine. |
| newborn | (of a child or animal) recently or just born. A newborn infant. |
| nursery | A place where young children are cared for during the working day a nursery school. This estuary provides a vast nursery for fish. |
| pamper | Treat with excessive indulgence. Grandparents often pamper the children. |
| preschooler | A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten. The show aimed at preschoolers emphasizes the importance of storytelling. |
| ruin | Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. The ruins of the castle. |
| spoil | The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. Breakfast in bed you re spoiling me. |
| straighten | Straighten by unrolling. The students straightened when the teacher entered. |
| toddler | A young child. |
| unsightly | Unpleasant to look at; ugly. Unsightly billboards. |
| vitiate | Make imperfect. The insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant. |
| yearling | An animal (especially a sheep, calf, or foal) that is a year old or that is in its second year. A yearling calf. |