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mitigate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mitigate

to make more bearable or less severe

this medicine should mitigate the pain until the strained muscle heals itself

Synonyms of mitigate

allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe

Words Related to mitigate

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 mitigate

harm, hurt, impair, injure

heighten, intensify, sharpen

Antonyms of mitigate

aggravate, exacerbate

Synonym Discussion of mitigate

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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