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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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "palliative":
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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?
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.
It is with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction for Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that Great Ormond Street Hospitalhave may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie Gard to die with dignity.
. 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.
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.
I think it gets up my partner, Lesley Braithwaite nose more than it does mine because when someone stares at me, if I look at them, they look away, whereas she can see people staring for much longer before Ive noticed. It doesnt really bother me though, it just makes me feel like how David Beckham must feel. If its good enough for David Beckham, its good enough for me. i first discovered them about two years ago, when my treatment options were reduced to palliative chemotherapy.
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