Synonyms for alleviate
əˈli viˌeɪtal·le·vi·ate

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1. alleviateverb

   Synonyms:
   ease, assuage, ameliorate, allay, address, mitigate, relieve

2. alleviateverb

   To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

   Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

   Synonyms:
   assuage, allay, address, mitigate, ameliorate, ease, relieve

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1. alleviate

   Etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. Alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. We alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. Assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. We abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation; soften, assuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. Alleviate has been often confused with allay. Compare ALLAY.

   Synonyms:
   abate, assuage, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relieve, remove, soften

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, augment, embitter, enhance, heighten, increase, intensify, magnify, make worse

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1. alleviate

   Synonyms:
   lighten, lessen, assuage, mitigate, soothe, moderate, relieve, remit, diminish

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, enhance, increase, embitter, augment

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1. relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuageverb

   provide physical relief, as from pain

   "This pill will relieve your headaches"

   Synonyms:
   mollify, exempt, gentle, relieve, lenify, placate, unbosom, appease, allay, facilitate, excuse, gruntle, free, mitigate, ease, let off, conciliate, salvage, pacify, assuage, slake, extenuate, salve, remedy, take over, quench, still, palliate, lighten, save

2. facilitate, ease, alleviateverb

   make easier

   "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   comfort, help, allay, ease, still, facilitate, assuage, palliate, relieve

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1. abate, lighten, reduce, remove, assuage, mitigate, relieve, soften. lessen, moderate

   etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. we alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. we abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation;[34] soften, a ssuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. alleviate has been often confused with allay. compare allay.

   Submitted by santoshk.61727 on June 10, 2023  

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1. alleviateverb

   Synonyms:
   lighten, mitigate, assuage, moderate, soothe, soften, mollify, allay, quiet, still, quell, abate, lessen, diminish, relieve, palliate, ease, dull, blunt

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1. alleviateverb

   Synonyms:
   mitigate, mollify, lessen, allay, assuage moderate, relieve

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1. List of paraphrases for "alleviate":

   mitigate, relieve, ease, lighten, reduce, mitigating, lessen, attenuate, allay, alleviation, defuse, soften, ameliorate, assuage, cushion, soothe, minimize, remedy, easing, relief

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1. Shine Lawyers:

   Mr. Taylor asked the cabin crew on numerous occasions if he could sit in another passenger’s seat, or sit on one of the crew seats, or sit in the aisle or even to sit on the toilet seat to alleviate the pain and discomfort that he was suffering from.

2. Marcus Sessoms:

   There is nothing I can say that can alleviate the pain and overwhelming sense of loss that we, and the loved ones of those affected, are feeling.

3. Megan Fox:

   I would encourage anyone to first speak with a therapist, to try and figure out where this want comes from, because a lot of times it’s not related to your teeth or your nose or your chin. The surgery is not going to alleviate that insecurity for you, if, then, you feel, 'This is something that I want to do,' then do it. It’s amazing that we have the technology to do the stuff that we do.

4. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   It is also one of the root causes of substance abuse and misuse, which is fueling the national epidemic that we have. We’re also concerned about, of course, rates of suicide and what we can do to alleviate and lower those rates, this is very much also a primary public health crisis of concern and leads to many other public health issues that need to be addressed: homelessness, food insecurity, substance misuse, and poor health outcomes.

5. Naval Operations Adm. William Moran:

   We've aggressively gone after readiness challenges in our operational submarine fleet, and identified three key drivers : public shipyard capacity, shipyard productivity and parts availability, working with our industry partners, we've been able to allocate multiple submarines to private shipyards in order to alleviate the disparity between demand and capacity within our public shipyards. Our first-ever Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, delivered to Congress earlier this year, establishes our road map to upgrade our dry docks, facilities and equipment to improve overall productivity.