pacifiers
Infant oral comforters
Pacifiers are rubber or silicone nipples given to babies to suck on for comfort.
The sucking soothes infants even without feeding—hence the name.
British English prefers dummy.
Figuratively, a pacifier is anything that calms or appeases: The tax cut was a pacifier for angry voters.
Someone who pacifies others may also be called a pacifier.
What brings relief
- binkyPacifier or rabbit leap
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
- nippleMammary projection
- teethingFirst molars emerging
soothing · sucking · newborn · nursing · silicone · latex · orthodontic · weaning
What brings relief
- tranquilizerSubstance that induces calm
- sedativeDrug promoting calm
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- distractionThing diverting one's attention
comfort · balm · relief · quieting · mollifier · salve · anodyne · palliative
Neutral conflict resolver
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- placaterOne who calms disputes
diplomat · intermediary · buffer · moderator · reconciler · go-between · olive branch · compromise
soother
What brings relief
teething · soothing · sucking · newborn · nursing · silicone · latex · orthodontic · weaning · crib
soother
What brings relief
- tranquilizerSubstance that induces calm
- sedativeDrug promoting calm
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
distraction · comfort · balm · relief · quieting · mollifier · salve · anodyne · palliative · relaxant
mediator
Neutral conflict resolver
- conciliatorOne who restores harmony
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
placater · diplomat · intermediary · buffer · moderator · reconciler · go-between · olive branch · compromise · detente
- babycarebaby bottles, diapers, cribs, strollers, bibs
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, cribs, baby oil, nap time
- daycarecribs, diapers, highchairs, play areas, nap time
- rubber productsrubber bands, rubber gloves, rubber boots, rubber mats, rubber seals
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- toddlerstoddler, three-year-old, toddlerhood, terrible twos, first steps
pacifiersagitators
Those who incite disturbance
irritants · stimulants · provocations · disturbances · provocateurs
pacifierswarmongers
Advocates for military action
provocateurs · belligerents · hawks · militants · agitators
- pacifier clipFastener for infant soother
- pacifier useBaby's oral soothing habit