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Synonyms for palliative
ˈpæl iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪvpal·lia·tive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
palliative
Synonyms:
conservative, inadequate, incomplete, moderate, partial, slight, superficial, tentative, trialAntonyms:
complete, constitutional, entire, essential, extreme, fundamental, ingrained, innate, native, natural, organic, original, perfect, positive, primitive, radical, thorough, thoroughgoing, total
Princeton's WordNet
palliative, alleviant, alleviatoradjective
remedy that alleviates pain without curing
Synonyms:
alleviant, alleviatorAntonyms:
intensifyingalleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliativeadjective
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Synonyms:
lenitive, alleviatory, mitigative, alleviative, mitigatoryAntonyms:
intensifying
Dictionary of English Synonymes
palliativenoun
Synonyms:
lenitive
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
palliativeadjective
Synonyms:
lenitive, mitigative, palliatory, apologetic, extenuating
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1452 | trial | |
#4600 | conservative | |
#4654 | partial | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#11586 | affirmative | |
#14193 | hospice | |
#15140 | tentative | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#21621 | palliative | |
#115068 | stopgap | |
#128106 | palliation | |
#211812 | mitigative |
How to use palliative in a sentence?
To get into hospice you have to acknowledge that a cure isn't possible but any treatment that is palliative in nature is fair game.
. Dr. Scott Irwin, director of palliative care psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, who was not connected with the study, said the lesson isn't that hospice care is costing too much. Costs should naturally go up because more people are using hospice and using it earlier, which is a really good thing.
Assisted suicide is inherently dangerous to those who are expensive to care for or who lack access to proper medical care, and rather than open up that Pandora's box, we ought to be exploring how to expand hospice and palliative care to address the needs of those terminally ill.
Palliative care that is systematically engaged indicates resources that have been invested in this innovation, the regions representing the least expansive growth in palliative care are regions that struggle the most in health disparities, obesity and comorbidities.
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff -- it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
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