Synonyms of consolations

consolations

noun

plural of consolation

as in comforts

a feeling of ease from grief or trouble

the consolation that our favorite foods give us when we're having a bad day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforts
• reliefs
• encouragements
• solaces
• reassurances
• sympathies
• assurances
• cheers
• inspirations
• alleviations
• contentments
• mitigations
• uplifts
• empathies
• commiserations
• assistances
• succors
• aids
• assuagements
• help

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distresses
• heartaches
• torments
• tortures
• heartbreaks
• anguishes
• cold comforts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of consolations

The film leaves a viewer with authentic consolations and gratifications in the rearview mirror that seemed harder to discern while moving ahead into the unknown with the sun in one’s eyes. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026

Alejo listens carefully, occasionally offering a tissue or murmuring consolations. — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026

If those with the strongest case to make against injustice could refuse the psychic consolations of victimhood, then there is something especially unbecoming in white Americans learning to speak the language of racial grievance. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

Nothing like the durable consolations of late-life romance, but headier, more exciting and, in the worst cases, far more damaging. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

Toward the end of 2022 and into 2023, Perardi and Youngblood spoke constantly, looping through the same horror, the same consolations. — Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026

Over three nights, hundreds of drivers in both Super Late Model and Open Wheel Modified divisions will battle through prelims on Thursday and Friday, including hot laps, heat races, consolations, and qualifiers, to earn a spot in Saturday’s high-stakes finale. — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

Yet even in an awkward or hurtful breakup conversation, the person being broken up with is still offered the dignity of being told to their face that the relationship is ending; ghostees aren’t even allowed these small consolations. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025