Synonyms of relieving

relieving 1 of 2

adjective

as in easing

Related Words

• easing
• aiding
• helping
• time-saving
• computerized
• semiautomatic
• motorized
• mechanical
• nonmanual
• automated
• automatic
• laborsaving
• self-acting
• robotic
• self-regulating
• self-operating

Dissimilar Words

• nonautomatic
• nonautomated

relieving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of relieve

1

as in alleviating

to make more bearable or less severe

an ice pack will relieve the swelling

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in ridding

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridding
• freeing
• clearing
• unburdening
• divesting
• liberating
• rescuing
• disencumbering
• disburdening
• emancipating
• loosening
• discharging
• springing
• releasing
• enfranchising
• redeeming
• loosing
• delivering
• extricating
• disengaging
• manumitting
• bailing (out)
• unfettering
• disentangling
• unchaining
• unbinding
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burdening
• saddling
• encumbering
• subjecting
• restraining
• hampering
• weighting (down)
• shackling
• bogging (down)
• weighing down
• fettering

3

as in replacing

to take the place of

at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replacing
• superseding
• supplanting
• substituting
• displacing
• displanting
• usurping
• preempting
• cutting out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of relieving

Verb

Many of them have touted tax cuts as a means of keeping money in people's pockets and relieving affordability woes. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Women were less likely than men to receive pain-relieving medications, even after researchers accounted for factors including how much pain patients reported. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

This can involve releasing residual propellant, relieving pressure, and discharging or disconnecting batteries to reduce the risk of accidental explosions. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

That incident displaced thousands until a crack formed in the overheating tank, relieving the pressure and ending the risk of explosion. — Lana Zak, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Since their 2015 live debut on the Sunset Strip, the band has toured regularly with guitarists Depp and Perry relieving Cooper on lead vocals for a couple of Bowie and Johnny Thunders’ tunes every show. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

The Snow’s pressure-relieving foam combined with supportive springs results in a bed that’s comfortable, but not plush to a fault. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

The suddenness of it all was terrifying, even paralyzing, and yet, at the same time, oddly relieving. — Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026

Haldea noted that dividend recaps provide liquidity, relieving the pressure to sell without ultimately resolving the valuation gap. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026