Synonyms of palliative

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adjective

as in curative

Synonyms & Similar Words

• curative
• beneficial
• remedial
• healthful
• helpful
• salubrious
• salutary
• wholesome
• nontoxic
• healthy
• benign
• harmless
• nonpoisonous
• innocuous
• inoffensive
• nonvenomous
• nonlethal
• nonfatal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• toxic
• poisonous
• poisoned
• venomous
• infectious
• pathogenic
• infective
• malignant
• poison
• contagious
• harmful
• injurious
• deleterious
• envenomed
• virulent
• noxious
• pestilential
• baneful
• hurtful
• pestilent
• nocuous

palliative

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noun

1

as in sedative

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sedative
• security blanket
• pacifier
• tranquilizer
• tranquillizer
• narcotic
• opiate
• hypnotic
• anesthetic
• soporific
• anodyne

2

as in medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• medicine
• balm
• medicinal
• solution
• succor
• relief
• aid
• therapy
• panacea
• help
• therapeutic
• elixir
• curative
• antidote
• answer
• cure
• remedy
• cure-all
• corrective
• rectifier

Examples of palliative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

There are some cases in which parents decide to choose palliative care for babies who are born with deadly conditions that give them just minutes, hours or days to live. —Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024

Emergency rooms in Miami-Dade are frequently overwhelmed by the needs of homeless patients whose cancers have progressed untreated, requiring complex management regimens and palliative care. —Emily Eachus, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2024

Noun

Best of all, Story has rekindled her love of the piano, which has been a crucial palliative during a time of great personal challenge. —Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Nov. 2023

As an audio storyteller, he was drawn to many of the sonic elements of the church environment — particularly sermons and their joint role as a form of instruction and palliative. —Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023