Synonyms of swaddle

swaddle

verb

as in to wrap

to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.

He swaddled the baby in a blanket.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrap
• drape
• gown
• garment
• huddle
• habit
• costume
• deck (out)
• apparel
• toilet
• swathe
• clothe
• jacket
• rig (out)
• array
• dress
• cloak
• attire
• dress up
• robe
• vest
• enrobe
• hap
• suit
• uniform
• get up
• enswathe
• bedeck
• tog (up or out)
• garb
• furnish
• frock
• vesture
• outfit
• mantle
• do up
• tailor
• equip
• invest
• caparison
• habilitate
• dress down
• bedight
• accouter
• accoutre
• underdress

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncover
• divest
• denude
• unveil
• strip
• undress
• disrobe
• disarray
• undrape
• unclothe
• untruss

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of swaddle

Daphna told her that May liked being swaddled, so now Annie swaddled her. —Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024

Then a smuggler sealed him into a trailer, swaddled within sound-muffling insulation beneath a murderous Texan sun. —Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024

Other photos showed the three Sorrentino siblings sitting together on a fuzzy carpet, with Luna swaddled in a white knit blanket. —Staff Author, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024

The implication of Drake’s observation was undeniable: massive, intense radiation belts swaddled the planet, effectively forming a kill zone for unshielded spacecraft. —Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024