alleviate
English Thesaurus
1. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)
| hyponym | : | soothe, |
| definition | : | cause to feel better (verb.body) |
| hyponym | : | comfort, ease, |
| definition | : | lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate (verb.body) |
2. make easier (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | aid, assist, help, |
| definition | : | give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social) |
3. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)
| derivation | : | palliation, |
| definition | : | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | alleviation, assuagement, relief, |
| definition | : | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | alleviator, |
| definition | : | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable (noun.person) |
4. make easier (verb.change)
| derivation | : | facilitation, |
| definition | : | act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | facilitator, |
| definition | : | someone who makes progress easier (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | facilitation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being made easy (or easier) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | facilitative, |
| definition | : | freeing from difficulty or impediment (adj.all) |
5. provide physical relief, as from pain (verb.body)
| derivation | : | palliation, |
| definition | : | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | alleviation, assuagement, relief, |
| definition | : | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | alleviator, |
| definition | : | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable (noun.person) |
6. make easier (verb.change)
| derivation | : | facilitation, |
| definition | : | act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | facilitator, |
| definition | : | someone who makes progress easier (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | facilitation, |
| definition | : | the condition of being made easy (or easier) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | facilitative, |
| definition | : | freeing from difficulty or impediment (adj.all) |
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