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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How to use alleviate in a sentence?

1. Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg/Getty Images Evergrande:

   The proposed restructuring will alleviate the company’s pressure of offshore indebtedness and facilitate the company’s efforts to resume operations and resolve issues on shore.

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. Barbara Paley:

   In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.

4. Ira Joseph:

   By substituting coal for LNG, they are trying to help alleviate the environmental problems they've had.

5. Simon Rego:

   It can be helpful to do a little work and it can alleviate some of those worries about feeling underprepared if you can knock some tasks off.