Synonyms for cushion
ˈkʊʃ əncush·ion

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1. shock absorber, shock, cushionnoun

   a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

   "the old car needed a new set of shocks"

   Synonyms:
   electrical shock, jounce, blow, electric shock, stupor, daze, jolt, shock absorber, shock, jar, seismic disturbance, impact

2. cushionnoun

   the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle

   Synonyms:
   shock absorber, shock

3. cushionverb

   a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.

   Synonyms:
   shock absorber, shock

4. cushion, buffer, softenverb

   protect from impact

   "cushion the blow"

   Synonyms:
   relent, soften, buffer, yield, moderate, mince, break, damp, weaken, dampen

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1. cushionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pad, bolster, pillow, pillion, pouf, pouffle

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1. List of paraphrases for "cushion":

   pillow, cushions, buffer, amortize, mitigate, mattress, pad, alleviate, soften

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1. Stuart Bee:

   There is no one around and I thought about what I could do to get help, i hung on to a floating cushion, and fortunately the boat did not sink... I hung on to the cushion and the boat.

2. Dale Choi:

   If Mongolia cannot get its house in order now then everyone will have to wait until 2016 (elections)... and only a few large foreign investors have the funding cushion to afford that.

3. Christopher Morley:

   Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

4. Martin Kaymer:

   I made 80-85 percent of the realistic birdie chances, it’s only halftime. There are always some guys who can shoot the same score I did in the first two days, so I approach tomorrow the way I approached this morning: very neutral. It’s nice to have a bit of a cushion, hopefully, but nothing has been done yet.

5. Eli Kantor:

   Assuming the banks want the same level of cushion they had six months ago, you could see a scenario where banks start cutting their price deck closer to $60.