Synonyms of alleviation

alleviation

noun

as in relief

reduction of or freedom from pain

hoping a couple of aspirin would provide some alleviation of the pain in his shoulder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relief
• comfort
• ease
• release
• decrease
• mitigation
• assuagement
• moderation
• soothing
• mollification
• appeasement
• diminishment
• salving
• calming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discomfort
• unrest
• suffering
• misery
• anguish
• agony
• torture
• pain
• torment
• ache
• sting
• pang
• stitch
• twinge
• prick
• tingle
• throe
• smart

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alleviation

Once a deeply impoverished and remote region, Fuping county has been a posterchild for success in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s poverty alleviation campaign over the previous decade – and officials are keen to continue to find ways to boost growth. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Chinese diplomats and the foreign ministry say that their outreach in the region is aimed at building friendship and assisting countries with poverty alleviation, agricultural and economic development, and law and order. — Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026

Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality. — Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026