Noun comforter has 4 senses
  1. sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
    --1 is a kind of communicator
    --1 has particulars: Job's comforter
    Derived form: verb comfort1
  2. reliever, allayer, comforter - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
    --2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    Derived form: verb comfort1
  3. quilt, comforter, puff - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
    --3 is a kind of bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
    --3 has particulars:
     eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt; patchwork, patchwork quilt
    Derived form: verb comfort2
  4. comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring - device used for an infant to suck or bite on
    --4 is a kind of device
    Derived form: verb comfort2
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