Synonyms of swaddling

swaddling

verb

present participle of swaddle

as in wrapping

to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.

He swaddled the baby in a blanket.

Related Words

• wrapping
• draping
• swathing
• clothing
• huddling
• gowning
• enswathing
• costuming
• enrobing
• robing
• garbing
• attiring
• toileting
• garmenting
• happing
• rigging (out)
• cloaking
• decking (out)
• appareling
• dressing
• togging (up or out)
• arraying
• jacketing
• mantling
• caparisoning
• habiting
• bedecking
• getting up
• suiting
• vesturing
• frocking
• furnishing
• dressing up
• doing up
• tailoring
• investing
• vesting
• outfitting
• uniforming
• habilitating
• equipping
• accoutring
• underdressing
• dressing down
• bedighting

Dissimilar Words

• uncovering
• denuding
• divesting
• unveiling
• stripping
• undressing
• disrobing
• undraping
• unclothing
• untrussing
• disarraying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swaddling

The East Palo Alto Police Department posted a separate video from the rescue that shows the dog swimming furiously with seagulls circling overhead and firefighters scooping him out of the murky water and swaddling him in towels. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

After seven years of trapping, swaddling, collaring and monitoring them in the Twin Cities, Miller doesn’t think his middle-school self was far off. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026

Best Swaddle Wrap For a swaddling option that’s secure while leaving some room for convenient variety, this easy swaddle wrap is a handy nursery item. — Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026

Instead, the convent’s nine bookable guest rooms are more akin to sleeping over at your grandmother’s house, swaddling you in a familiar, matronly feeling of being watched over and cared for from a distance. — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026

The veteran sideline reporter and member of FOX Sports’ A-Team braved the freezing temperature in Philly by swaddling herself in a capacious coat, which drew comparisons to a diverse array of notorious icons of warmth including Cruella De Ville, Jon Snow, emus, mob wives, pimps, and Ric Flair. — Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026

The twinkling of elaborate Christmas lights swaddling a nearby Louis Vuitton store underscored the point. — Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Police said that minutes later, Karschnick is seen swaddling the baby and taking her out of the crib, but the infant continues crying and screaming, and her arm looks limp, per the complaint cited by WBAY. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025