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. Noah Rothman:

   These are comforting fictions that a lot on the right want to indulge in, ted Cruz, in that sense, is making the best of an opportunity.

2. Stephen Richer:

   I'm literally looking at our voter registration database on my other screen. Right now, we can't indulge these insane lies any longer. As a party. As a state. As a country.

3. Akhenaten:

   Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

4. United States:

   But in the strange and uncertain times that we are in -- and they are strange, and they are uncertain, with each day's news cycles bringing more head spinning and disturbing headlines -- I thought maybe it would be useful to step back for a moment and try to get some perspective, so I hope you'll indulge me.

5. Molière:

   Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion.