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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The heat won’t be the only thing spoiling New Yorkers’ fun in the sun this weekend.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Without spoiling too much, there is a detour on this treasure hunt that leads Diarra and company into Tubi movie situation.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of spoil

Verb

Charlie started coming in even after the work was done to nurse a Coke at the bar and stare at Perez, who was more than 20 years his junior.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
Her eldest son moved in during the pandemic and nursed the orchard’s last remaining tree back to health.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 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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The extraordinary service will so pamper you that your return to real life may be a rough awakening.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
Concierge teams pamper the property in the owner’s absence while engineers resolve maintenance issues before owners arrive.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of pamper

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The framework gained popularity as systems of education seemed to over-indulge rote memorization.

— James Davis, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Sure, the Russo brothers lay on the quips and fan service a little thick, but after 11 years and 21 movies, they’re allowed to indulge.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of indulge

Verb

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

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