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alleviate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of alleviate

to make more bearable or less severe

  • a car pool alleviates some of the stress of driving the kids to and from school every day
Synonyms of alleviate

allay, assuage, ease, help, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe
Words Related to alleviate

abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper

cure, heal, remedy

amend, correct, emend, fix, mend, rectify, reform, repair

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine
Near Antonyms of alleviate

harm, hurt, impair, injure

heighten, intensify, sharpen
Antonyms of alleviate

aggravate, exacerbate

Synonym Discussion of alleviate

relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous. relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable.
    • took an aspirin to relieve the pain
alleviate implies temporary or partial lessening of pain or distress.
    • the lotion alleviated the itching
lighten implies reducing a burdensome or depressing weight.
    • good news would lighten our worries
assuage implies softening or sweetening what is harsh or disagreeable.
    • ocean breezes assuaged the intense heat
mitigate suggests a moderating or countering of the effect of something violent or painful.
    • the need to mitigate barbaric laws
allay implies an effective calming or soothing of fears or alarms.
    • allayed their fears

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