comforter

Noun

• device used for an infant to suck or bite on

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
  • a reliever of anxiety
    
  • an allayer of fears
    

• commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pacifier , baby's dummy , teething ring , quilt , comfort , puff , reliever , allayer , sympathizer , sympathiser