Synonyms for palliative
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sedative
sedative, relieving, emollient, mitigative, lenitive, alleviative, mitigatory, alleviatory, assuasive
Other
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- n. 1
Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
Related words
- Word family
- palliate palliation
Forms
- Plural
- palliatives → alleviators, alleviants…
Example sentences
- sedative Your so-called sedative only exacerbates the pain.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| palliative | rising | |
| sedative | rising | |
| mitigative | falling | |
| lenitive | falling | |
| alleviative | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- sedative3, lenitive
- 9 letters
- relieving3, emollient, assuasive, alleviant
- 10 letters
- apologetic5, mitigative, mitigatory, alleviator
- 11 letters
- extenuating5, alleviative, alleviatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sedative3 = 3 syllables).