relief

1 a feeling of ease from grief or trouble my coworkers' kind words gave me some relief from the grief that I was feeling upon the death of my partner Synonyms of relief cheer, consolation, comfort, solaceWords Related to relief encouragement, inspiration, uplift; assurance, reassurance; alleviation, assuagement, mitigation; contentment, gladness, happiness; commiseration, empathy, sympathy; aid, assistance, help, succorNear Antonyms of relief cold comfort; anguish, distress, heartache, heartbreak, torment, torture

2 a person or thing that takes the place of another I can't go home from my nursing shift until my relief shows up to take over Synonyms of relief backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, substitute, replacement, reserve, stand-in, subWords Related to relief alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder

3 reduction of or freedom from pain the aspirin gave him some relief from the headache Synonyms of relief alleviation, comfort, release, easeWords Related to relief appeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, mitigation, moderation, mollification; calming, salving, soothingNear Antonyms of relief discomfort, unrest; agony, anguish, misery, suffering, torment, torture; ache, pain, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge