Search Result for "shock_absorber":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
- Example: "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
[syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shock absorber
    n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
         "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock
         absorber, shock, cushion]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "shock absorber":
   alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, assuager, balm, calmative,
   cushion, dolorifuge, lenitive, mitigator, moderator, modulator,
   mollifier, pacificator, pacifier, palliative, peacemaker,
   restraining hand, salve, sedative, soother, soothing syrup,
   stabilizer, temperer, tranquilizer, wiser head