Synonyms for cradle
ˈkreɪd lcra·dle

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1. cradlenoun

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

2. cradlenoun

   A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

3. cradlenoun

   A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

   Synonyms:
   rocker, rest

4. cradlenoun

   A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

   The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

   Synonyms:
   rocker, rest

5. cradlenoun

   A rest for the receiver of a telephone.

   He slammed the handset into the cradle.

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

6. cradlenoun

   To contain in or as if in a cradle.

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

7. cradlenoun

   The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

8. cradlenoun

   To wrap protectively.

   Synonyms:
   rocker, rest

9. cradlenoun

   To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

   Synonyms:
   rest, rocker

10. cradlenoun

    A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

11. cradlenoun

    A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

12. cradlenoun

    A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

    Synonyms:
    rocker, rest

13. cradlenoun

    A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

14. cradlenoun

    A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

    Synonyms:
    rest, rocker

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1. cradlenoun

   a baby bed with sides and rockers

   Synonyms:
   provenience, birthplace, rocker, place of origin, provenance

2. birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, proveniencenoun

   where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

   "the birthplace of civilization"

   Synonyms:
   provenience, birthplace, place of birth, rocker, place of origin, provenance

3. cradlenoun

   birth of a person

   "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

   Synonyms:
   provenience, birthplace, rocker, place of origin, provenance

4. rocker, cradleverb

   a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

   Synonyms:
   rocking chair, provenience, rocker, birthplace, place of origin, rock 'n' roll musician, provenance

5. cradleverb

   hold gently and carefully

   "He cradles the child in his arms"

6. cradleverb

   bring up from infancy

7. cradleverb

   hold or place in or as if in a cradle

   "He cradled the infant in his arms"

8. cradleverb

   cut grain with a cradle scythe

9. cradleverb

   wash in a cradle

   "cradle gold"

10. cradleverb

    run with the stick

Matched Categories

1. • Baby Bed
   • Beginning
   • Birth
   • Cut
   • Hold
   • Lacrosse
   • Nurture
   • Play
   • Wash

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cradlenoun

   Synonyms:
   baby's bed, trundle-bed, solen, cunabula

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1. List of paraphrases for "cradle":

   birthplace, crib, cuna, cot

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1. John Stuart Mill:

   Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society could ill do without.

2. Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky:

   The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind -- but one cannot eternally live in a cradle.

3. Albert Einstein:

   The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

4. Israel Zangwill:

   The Past Our cradle, not our prison there is danger as well as appeal in its glamor. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repitition.

5. Natalia Kanem:

   Gender inequality is the most insidious and pervasive impediment to bodily autonomy. It starts from the cradle, gender unequal norms and attitudes lead to power imbalances that restrict women’s decision-making ... (driving) the expectation that women and girls will yield to others in all aspects of their lives.