COCKER Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

cocker

verb

ˈkä-kər

Definition of cocker

as in to spoil

to treat with great or excessive care overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly

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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

Although starting center Connor McGovern is nursing a leg injury, Lloyd Cushenberry is Buffalo’s top backup, leaving third-year player Sedrick Van Pran-Granger on the bubble.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Linebacker unit thinned out by injuries The left ankle injury Trey Moore sustained in Miami’s 26-3 loss to the Giants on Saturday means three of the four viable starters in this unit are nursing an injury.

— Omar Kelly August 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurse

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The new cub's arrival marks the first time Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has had a lion birth since July 2020, when lioness Abana mothered three cubs.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Virginia Dulles was the opposite of Louanne Bixby—even a hundred children couldn’t exhaust her need to mother them.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of mother

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Ask For An Upgrade Moreso than most other vacation stays, all-inclusive resorts exist to pamper their guests.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026
The vintage architecture of the 130-year-old hotel is a pastiche of Gothic Revival turrets and arches, a stone castle masquerading as what is arguably the world's most luxurious and pampering ski hotel.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pamper

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Remmick, Jimmy Crystal and Larry Lamb share an unrelenting desire to entertain, whether performing music outside a juke joint, indulging amusement with graphic violence or delighting the British reading public with scandal and drama.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Setting a specific treat budget or deciding in advance how often to indulge can help keep the habit intentional.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of indulge

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North Carolina politician says Democrats are coddling criminals Records also list a September 2025 simple-assault charge and a March 2025 charge of assault on a female.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Serrano comes across as someone with no inclination to coddle elite students.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Definition of coddle

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The tale is pilfered from the Aeneid, but Virgil would blench to see the curtain rise on Jupiter, dandling Ganymede, a beautiful boy, upon his knee.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
An hour later, Musk took X to New York and dandled him on his knee while being photographed for Time.

— Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023

Definition of dandle

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