pamper

verb

ˈpam-pər How to pronounce pamper (audio)
Definition of pampernext
as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care pamper a sick child

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How does the verb pamper contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of pamper are baby, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, and spoil. While all these words mean "to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings," pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect.

pampered by the amenities of modern living

When is baby a more appropriate choice than pamper?

The meanings of baby and pamper largely overlap; however, baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude.

babying students by grading too easily

Where would humor be a reasonable alternative to pamper?

While the synonyms humor and pamper are close in meaning, humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims.

humored him by letting him tell the story

When can indulge be used instead of pamper?

While in some cases nearly identical to pamper, indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires.

indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse

When might mollycoddle be a better fit than pamper?

Although the words mollycoddle and pamper have much in common, mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare.

refused to mollycoddle her malingering son

When is it sensible to use spoil instead of pamper?

The synonyms spoil and pamper are sometimes interchangeable, but spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering.

foolish parents spoil their children

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Recent Examples of pamper The extraordinary service will so pamper you that your return to real life may be a rough awakening. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026 Unlike humans, digital creations don’t need to be pampered, fed or emotionally coddled. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 Anthropologie’s Summer Sale is pampering fashion insiders with 50-percent-off deals stacked on top of already on-sale buys, reflected in cart. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 The cows are pampered with melodious poetry describing their beauty and calling them by their names. — ABC News, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pamper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pamper
  1. spoil
  2. indulge
  3. nurse
Verb
  • This happens when the fruit is left on the ground too long and begins to spoil.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Food spoiled during the outage, and the family temporarily relocated to Lucky’s mother’s home.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of spoil
Verb
  • Mid-month, however, encourages you to indulge your creativity, rather than forcing big decisions.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ferdinand, 84, can indulge his sweet tooth now that his sense of taste has returned after chemotherapy.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of indulge
Verb
  • Scott had similarly worked with Flynn and Colman before, as well as Billie Piper, who’s magnetic as the famed casting director Patsy Pollack, who nursed Charleson in his last days.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
  • By the end of the round, Hrgović was nursing a cut above his right eyebrow — a worrying sign for a man whose June 2024 fight against Daniel Dubois was stopped because of cuts above both his eyebrows.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of nurse

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“Pamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pamper. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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