Synonyms of alleviating

alleviating

verb

present participle of alleviate

as in relieving

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 & Similar Words

• relieving
• helping
• easing
• mitigating
• soothing
• softening
• allaying
• improving
• curing
• healing
• assuaging
• enhancing
• remedying
• mollifying
• palliating
• tempering
• moderating
• ameliorating
• lightening
• correcting
• fixing
• repairing
• rectifying
• abating
• amending
• reforming
• refining
• enriching
• bettering
• perfecting
• meliorating
• mending
• emending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravating
• hurting
• impairing
• injuring
• exacerbating
• harming
• intensifying
• sharpening
• heightening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alleviating

These turnovers also set up touchdowns, alleviating the pent-up stress of the first half. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Fostering gives cats a temporary home on the way to adoption, alleviating stress on shelters and, in some instances, saving cats’ lives. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Europe’s efforts are for now too modest, too regulated, too fragmented, and too focused on alleviating government restrictions rather than promoting commercial use to fundamentally change dependencies that have accumulated over decades. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

In 2021, in hopes of alleviating economic pressures during the pandemic, Congress passed legislation eliminating premiums for people with the lowest incomes and reduced the cost for people with higher incomes. — Robert Applebaum, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

For example, at Cresthill Middle School, a turn-in lane was recently installed in hopes of alleviating traffic on Cresthill Lane. — Brian Flores, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Accordingly, preventing or alleviating hypertension and diabetes can partly be done by managing these factors. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

These arguments highlight how Care AI can augment our social capacity to care, alleviating the care crisis, while reducing the caregiving burden on women. — Marianne Cooper, Time, 5 Aug. 2026

This isn’t the first time Halle Berry has worked on a project aimed at alleviating menopause symptoms. — Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026