Synonyms for indulge
ɪnˈdʌldʒ

Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. indulge(verb)

   give free rein to

   "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"

   Synonyms:
   pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, spoil, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, gratify, pamper

2. gratify, pander, indulge(verb)

   yield (to); give satisfaction to

   Synonyms:
   pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, satisfy, gratify, spoil, procure, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, pimp, pamper

3. indulge, luxuriate(verb)

   enjoy to excess

   "She indulges in ice cream"

   Synonyms:
   pander, mollycoddle, cosset, luxuriate, spoil, wanton, baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, gratify, pamper

4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge(verb)

   treat with excessive indulgence

   "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

   Synonyms:
   pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, itch, bungle, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, gratify, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, flub, fumble, vitiate, rape, thwart, ball up, featherbed, bollocks up, bollocks, screw up, baffle, mess up, luxuriate, despoil, deflower, louse up, bollix, mar, muff, violate, pander, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, coddle, bollix up, cosset, spoil, corrupt, bodge

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. indulge(verb)

   To satisfy the wishes or whims of.

   Synonyms:
   spoil, coddle, cosset, pamper

2. indulge(verb)

   To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.

   Synonyms:
   coddle, pamper, spoil, cosset

3. indulge(verb)

   Synonyms:
   spoil, cosset, pamper, coddle

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. indulge

   Synonyms:
   spoil, pamper, humor, gratify, cherish, bask, revel, grovel, foster, favor, allow

   Antonyms:
   thwart, deny, contradict, disappoint, discard, abjure, counteract, renounce, mortify, discipline

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. indulge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   gratify, favor, humor, cherish, pamper, COCKER, give free scope to, give a loose rein to, give way to, give one's self up to

2. indulge(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   allow, permit, suffer

3. indulge(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   indulge one's self

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