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")

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