Synonyms of console

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noun (1)

ˈkän-ˌsōl 

as in cabinet

a storage case typically having doors and shelves

a custom-built walnut console holds all of their home-theater components

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cabinet
• cupboard
• locker
• closet
• dresser
• sideboard
• buffet
• chest
• press
• hutch
• bookcase
• credenza
• secretary
• breakfront
• china closet
• wardrobe
• étagère
• armoire
• showcase
• shelving
• vitrine
• pie safe
• cuddy
• taboret
• credence
• cabinetry
• clothespress
• garderobe

console

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verb (1)

kən-ˈsōl 

as in to comfort

to ease the grief or distress of

the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comfort
• reassure
• assure
• soothe
• cheer
• solace
• uplift
• sympathize
• lift
• empathize
• condole
• alleviate
• relieve
• elevate
• commiserate
• buoy (up)
• calm
• allay
• quiet
• relax
• boost
• assuage
• tranquilize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distress
• trouble
• torment
• torture
• discourage
• worry
• upset
• intensify
• fret
• demoralize
• aggravate
• annoy
• worsen
• dishearten
• irritate
• harass
• irk
• pester

consoling

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noun (2)

as in comforting

the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering

the responsibility for the consoling of the families of the firefighters fell to the mayor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• consolation
• reassurance
• compassion
• solace
• sympathy
• solacing
• feeling
• kindness
• pity
• counseling
• mercy
• condolence
• commiseration
• humanity
• kindliness
• kindheartedness

consoling

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adjective

as in reassuring

Related Words

• reassuring
• comforting
• relaxing
• calming
• soothing
• tranquilizing
• inviting
• quieting
• lulling
• pacifying
• nonthreatening
• nonintimidating

Dissimilar Words

• alarming
• frightening
• terrible
• fearful
• terrifying
• shocking
• horrible
• formidable
• dread
• dreadful
• horrifying
• scary
• ghastly
• forbidding
• dire
• discouraging
• startling
• frightful
• redoubtable
• disturbing
• distressing
• threatening
• troubling
• horrendous
• disconcerting
• disquieting
• demoralizing
• unnerving
• fearsome
• trying
• perturbing
• intimidating
• daunting
• spine-chilling
• direful
• hair-raising
• eerie
• dismaying
• weird
• creepy
• bone-chilling

consoling

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verb (2)

present participle of console

as in assuring

to ease the grief or distress of

the military officer who must console the bereaved at a soldier's funeral

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reassuring
• comforting
• assuring
• soothing
• cheering
• uplifting
• solacing
• sympathizing
• relieving
• commiserating
• lifting
• alleviating
• empathizing
• condoling
• calming
• elevating
• allaying
• relaxing
• quieting
• boosting
• assuaging
• buoying (up)
• tranquilizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distressing
• tormenting
• troubling
• discouraging
• torturing
• worrying
• upsetting
• disheartening
• demoralizing
• intensifying
• aggravating
• fretting
• worsening
• harassing
• irritating
• annoying
• pestering
• irking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of console

Noun

The choices are housed in the Atelier Vivier MTO cabinet, a silver console containing the available materials and hardware, while a digital component allows clients to visualize combinations before production begins. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

There won’t be any tedious downloading of APK files or tinkering with a developer console—you’ll be able to send apps to the Play Store right from AI Studio. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

Verb

That gave way to sadness and the responsibility of consoling distraught students. — Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Talley walked off the course in tears, consoled by 10-time major winner Annika Sörenstam and two-time major winner Bryson DeChambeau. — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Noun

Also somewhat consoling is the ongoing investigation by the FBI. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

As such, Pinheiro was correct in reversing his original decision, leaving Embolo in tears and in need of consoling by team-mates. — Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Adjective

Seeing Kat and Kayley do their make-up together in the crew mess gives her the perfect opportunity to ask shirtless Coop for a consoling hug. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Verb

The hopeful part of this docu comes from its revelations about other methods, more environmentally friendly and actually consoling for those left behind. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 July 2026

Prior to the trophy ceremony following the match, de Minaur was seen sitting next to Fokina consoling him after yet another brutal loss. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 June 2026