Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cocooning
1 sense of cocooning
Sense 1
cocooning -- (retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape))
=> seclusion -- (the act of secluding yourself from others)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cocoon
2 senses of cocoon
Sense 1
cocoon -- (retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment; "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings"; "She loves to stay at home and cocoon")
=> retreat -- (move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer")
Sense 2
cocoon -- (wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection)
=> envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose -- (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house")