Synonyms for indulge
ɪnˈdʌldʒin·dulge

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. indulgeverb

   , : To yield to a temptation or desire.

   Synonyms:
   spoil, coddle, cosset, pamper

2. indulgeverb

   To satisfy the wishes or whims of.

   Synonyms:
   coddle, pamper, spoil, cosset

3. indulgeverb

   To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.

   Synonyms:
   spoil, cosset, pamper, coddle

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 6 votes

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. indulgeverb

   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, indulgeverb

   yield (to); give satisfaction to

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

3. indulge, luxuriateverb

   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, indulgeverb

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Consume
   • Provide

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. indulgeverb

   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. indulgeverb

   Synonyms:
   allow, permit, suffer

3. indulgeverb

   Synonyms:
   indulge one's self

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. indulgeverb

   Synonyms:
   satisfy, gratify, luxuriate, humor, pamper, cocker, grant, allow, permit

   Antonyms:
   mortify, deny, suppress, restrain

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How to use indulge in a sentence?

1. Tom Cotton:

   The defense bill isn’t the place for Democrats to indulge the wild ideas of their latest social experiments.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

3. Anthony Weiner:

   I think it's pretty outrageous, i think the idea to take someone who's served in government for 20 years and impugn her in that way is outrageous. I mean he wants to make me a campaign issue. I'm not going to indulge that.

4. Wang Zhimin:

   If we indulge crimes and breaches of the law, even whitewash, exonerate or give them support, that would be a blatant challenge to the rule of law in Hong Kong, which will eventually hurt the interest of all the Hong Kong people, hence, the central government firmly supports Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Special Administrative Region government continue to govern effectively and actively make a difference in accordance with the law, firmly supports Hong Kong Police to do their duties in accordance with the law.

5. Little Caesars spokesperson Tina Taylor:

   Nutrition wise, compared to other pizzas or fast food items in the market, it's really not astronomical -- if you're going to indulge, this pizza is definitely worth it.