Synonyms for lenitive
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Adjective
1. Mild — mild; gentle
mild, palliative, mitigative, soothing, relieving, sedative, balmy, emollient, demulcent, mitigatory, alleviative, assuasive, alleviatory
Definitions
- adj. 1
Mild; gentle.
Example sentences
- mild Spring brings mild weather after the cold winter.
- soothing Learning English has a very soothing effect on me.
- palliative She was a palliative care nurse until her retirement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lenitive | falling | |
| mild | steady | |
| soothing | rising | |
| palliative | rising | |
| mitigative | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mild1
- 5 letters
- balmy2
- 8 letters
- soothing2, sedative3
- 9 letters
- relieving3, emollient, demulcent, assuasive
- 10 letters
- palliative4, mitigative, mitigatory
- 11 letters
- alleviative, alleviatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (balmy2 = 2 syllables).