comfort food

[kuhm-fert food] / ˈkʌm fərt ˌfud /

NOUN

satisfying food

Synonyms

WEAK

Mom's food home cooking meat and potatoes plain food prepackaged food

Example Sentences

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They still lean heavily into comfort food and house wine with one notable exception.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

If I’m in the cooking mood, I love making comfort food like chicken and rice with cabbage and mac and cheese.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Because who other than the queen of comfort food could step into the shoes of Dame Prue Leith, who is leaving the show in order to "work less and play more"?

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Italian cuisine’s reputation as comfort food isn’t wrong — it’s just incomplete.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

I guess needing comfort food is a family trait, because all I want is my go-to food—Frosted Flakes.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold