PACIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pacifier mean? 

• PACIFIER (noun)
  The noun PACIFIER has 3 senses:

1. someone who tries to bring peace

2. anything that serves to pacify

3. device used for an infant to suck or bite on

  Familiarity information: PACIFIER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACIFIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who tries to bring peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conciliator; make-peace; pacifier; peacemaker; reconciler

Hypernyms ("pacifier" is a kind of...):

go-between; intercessor; intermediary; intermediator; mediator (a negotiator who acts as a link between parties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pacifier"):

appeaser (someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands)

Derivation:

pacify (fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Anything that serves to pacify

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pacifier" is a kind of...):

thing (an entity that is not named specifically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Device used for an infant to suck or bite on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baby's dummy; comforter; pacifier; teething ring

Hypernyms ("pacifier" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

pacify (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)