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. Glenn Boozan:

   Buying a specific swaddling blanket or a different kind of Binky isn't going to make you a better or worse parent, i think you're going to be a great parent no matter what if you try your best. My goal was to alleviate those fears, if only for a moment with a little bit of laughter.

2. Charles Chester:

   I think, no one ever says those things out loud, but it’s obvious based on like the amount of stories that we do. Like the fact that we have a segment called ‘The Good Stuff,’ which is a feel good thing, but it’s a dedicated moment at the end to like, almost like be the ice cream to alleviate everything you’ve been through, like something sweet to end it with, everything else is like doom and gloom.

3. Wendy Suzuki:

   You sabotage yourself and your resilience with a negative perfectionist' you failed' lens, what you want to do for your resilience is build yourself up and be your own best friend. If all of us spent more time focused on what we are doing well, that could help alleviate anxiety levels from a different point of view.

4. Candice Bangsund:

   The whole China situation really appears to be gaining some ground, we saw a very impressive rebound in exports; this of course is helping alleviate fears of a hard landing.

5. Adam Hummell:

   From the outset of the pandemic, here in Charlotte, our company has been the leader in all things Covid testing, Covid vaccines, and antibody therapy, and the reason we've done that is to is to alleviate a lot of the pressure on the major healthcare systems where they're having to take care of people in ICU, and all the surgeries that are lined up and all that stuff.