solace — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   comfortconsolationrelief

   Examples

   You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

2. A source of comfort or consolation.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Verb

1. To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   besoothesoothe

2. To allay or assuage.

   Usage

   • Transitive

3. To take comfort; to be cheered.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in, And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.

Noun

1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

   Synonyms

   consolationsolacement

   Broader terms

   comfort

   Examples

   second place was no consolation to him

2. comfort in disappointment or misery

   Synonyms

   solacement

   Broader terms

   comfortcomfortableness

3. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

   Synonyms

   consolationcomfort

   Broader terms

   reliefsuccorsuccourministration

   Examples

   his presence was a consolation to her

Verb

1. give moral or emotional strength to

   Synonyms

   comfortsootheconsole

   Broader terms

   actmove