pamper
To look after someone with too much care and comfort.
pamper in a sentence
- Gran likes to pamper the dog with cushions, treats and even a tiny woolly jumper.
- At the pretend spa, the twins loved to pamper Mum with face cream and cucumber slices.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to pamper?
- Aignore
- Bspoil
- Cneglect
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B: spoil. The other three mean the opposite of pamper.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to pamper?
- Aneglect
- Bindulge
- Cspoil
- Dtreat
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A: neglect. The other three mean nearly the same as pamper.
Words that mean something similar
spoil, indulge, treat
Words that mean the opposite
neglect, ignore
More words about behaviour & manners
- pardon: To forgive someone for something they have done wrong.
- pester: To annoy someone by bothering them again and again.
- plunder: To steal goods by force, especially during a battle or raid.
- prim: Very neat, proper and easily shocked by rude things.
- privilege: A special right or advantage that only some people have.
- prohibit: To officially say that something is not allowed.
- provoke: To deliberately make someone angry or cause a reaction.
- quell: To calm or put an end to something, such as fear or a fight.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test