Synonyms for alleviate
Definitions
- v. 1
To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
Related words
- Word family
- alleviated alleviation alleviative alleviator
Forms
- Past participle
- alleviated
e.g. alleviated → relieved, eased, mitigated, assuaged…
Choose the right word
Allay and alleviate are closely kindred in signification, and have been often interchanged in usage. But, in strictness, to allay is to lay to rest, quiet or soothe that which is excited; to alleviate, on the other hand, is to lighten a burden.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- ease I was surprised because he lifted me up with ease.
- relieve William taught Sandra to scream to relieve stress.
- mitigate There are measures you can take to mitigate clumping.
- assuage This medicine will assuage the pain.
- facilitate Algeria needs to facilitate merchandise export.
By length
- 4 letters
- help1, calm1, ease1
- 5 letters
- still1, quell1, abate2, allay2, easen
- 6 letters
- reduce2, remedy3, lessen2, soften2, soothe1
- 7 letters
- address2, relieve2, lighten2, appease2, assuage2, mollify3
- 8 letters
- moderate3, mitigate3, diminish3
- 10 letters
- facilitate4, ameliorate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abate2 = 2 syllables).