featherbed

/fˈɛðɚbˌɛd/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a mattress stuffed with feathers

verb

1. treat with excessive indulgence
   “grandparents often pamper the children”
2. hire more workers than are necessary

Synonyms for featherbed

• feather bed
• pamper
• cosset
• cocker
• baby
• coddle
• mollycoddle
• spoil
• indulge

Words that rhyme with featherbed

• head
• lead
• spread
• dead
• bed
• read
• tread
• overhead
• thread
• ahead
• red
• shed
• homestead
• spearhead
• thoroughbred
• wed
• bobsled
• bread
• dread
• infrared
• masthead
• redhead
• retread
• shred
• watershed
• airhead
• beachhead
• bloodshed
• bridgehead
• bullhead