1. (verb)pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Synonyms: mollify, conciliate, quell, gentle, relieve, lenify, stay, placate, quench, allay, ennoble, settle, gruntle, palliate, accommodate, appease, pacify, temper, assuage, propitiate, alleviate, slake, make up, entitle, patch up, reconcile, season
3. (verb)relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage provide physical relief, as from pain Synonyms: mollify, exempt, gentle, relieve, lenify, placate, unbosom, appease, allay, facilitate, excuse, gruntle, free, mitigate, ease, let off, conciliate, salvage, pacify, assuage, slake, alleviate, extenuate, salve, remedy, take over, quench, still, palliate, lighten, save
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'assuage'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. assuage 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 Synonyms: alleviate, abate, lighten, reduce, remove, assuage, mitigate, relieve, soften, lessen, moderate Antonyms: aggravate, embitter, heighten, intensify, make worse, augment, enhance, increase, magnify