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. 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.

2. Gretchen Smith:

   We can alleviate the financial stress our veterans are under for the holidays, we can ensure they have a roof, heat, lights, and food for Christmas.

3. Federal Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow:

   I want The US Marshals to know that The US Marshals's not alone, and that of course I would do anything I could to help The US Marshals, although I know there are no words that will alleviate the grief that The US Marshals and The US Marshals husband must bear after losing their beloved son, the guilt you feel because of your judicial office, that that happened -- and yet an innocent person was the victim.

4. Mayor Wang Anshun:

   We are prepared to reduce the use of coal, alleviate pollution caused by traffic, extend the use of new energy vehicles and ask more polluting plants to move out of Beijing, we promise the air quality will meet World Health Organisation standards by the start of the winter of 2022.

5. Naval Operations Adm. William Moran:

   We've aggressively gone after readiness challenges in our operational submarine fleet, and identified three key drivers : public shipyard capacity, shipyard productivity and parts availability, working with our industry partners, we've been able to allocate multiple submarines to private shipyards in order to alleviate the disparity between demand and capacity within our public shipyards. Our first-ever Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, delivered to Congress earlier this year, establishes our road map to upgrade our dry docks, facilities and equipment to improve overall productivity.