console
Offer solace to
Console unites several meanings around the idea of comfort and support.
To console someone is to offer comfort during distress or grief: Nothing could console her after the loss.
A console is a cabinet or panel housing controls—for a stereo system, a car's dashboard, or a video game system.
In computing and gaming, console refers both to the physical hardware and to a text-based interface for entering commands.
The word also names a decorative bracket or a narrow table designed to stand against a wall.
Device directing a system
- joystickTilting lever for control
- PlayStationSony's gaming hardware brand
- XboxMicrosoft gaming console
- NintendoJapanese video game company
Atari · Sega · gamepad · cartridge · handheld · Switch · Genesis · NES
At the endpoint
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- promptIncite to action
- shellHard outer covering
- interfaceShared connection point
keyboard · screen · input · output · CLI · dashboard · admin · server
Gently ease discomfort
- reassureEase someone's doubts
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
mourning · bereaved · compassion · support · embrace · shoulder · tissues · loss
Horizontal furniture surface
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- sideboardFurniture for dishes and linens
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
decorative · drawer · shelf · credenza · display · foyer · narrow · sofa
Support or category
- corbelWall-mounted structural support
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- projectionSomething that extends outward
wall · mantel · decorative · scroll · carved · shelf · ledge · keystone
controller
Device directing a system
- joystickTilting lever for control
- PlayStationSony's gaming hardware brand
- XboxMicrosoft gaming console
Nintendo · Atari · Sega · gamepad · cartridge · handheld · Switch · Genesis · NES · SNES
terminal
At the endpoint
interface · keyboard · screen · input · output · CLI · dashboard · admin · server · log
soothe
Gently ease discomfort
- reassureEase someone's doubts
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
grief · mourning · bereaved · compassion · support · embrace · shoulder · tissues · loss · words
table
Horizontal furniture surface
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- sideboardFurniture for dishes and linens
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
hallway · decorative · drawer · shelf · credenza · display · foyer · narrow · sofa · ornamental
bracket
Support or category
- corbelWall-mounted structural support
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- supportTo uphold or sustain
projection · wall · mantel · decorative · scroll · carved · shelf · ledge · keystone · capital
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- retro gamingretro gaming, 8-bit, NES, SNES, 16-bit
- tech deviceslaptop, desktop, tablet, printer, scanner
- game developmentgame engine, game design, game engines, game designer, rendering
- gaming techgame engine, graphics card, controller, GPU, CPU
- controllerscontroller, game controller, gamepad, joystick, remote control
consolePC
Home computer, or tactful
personal computer · desktop computer · computer · laptop · handheld
- game consoleElectronic entertainment hardware
- consolation prizeAward for losing participants
- center consolesVehicle's mid-cabin storage
- gaming consoleVideo game hardware
- console tableNarrow decorative wall furniture
- video game consolesDedicated gaming hardware platforms
consolation, consoled, consoling, disconsolate, consoles, consoler, inconsolable, consolable, disconsolately