Alleviate

Verb

 * 1)  To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

Adverbs for Alleviate
cheerily; markedly; tremendously; remarkably; slightly; apparently.

Synonyms for Alleviate
address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve, lessen, abate, moderate, soften, remove, lighten.

Antonyms for Alleviate
increase, intensify.

Related terms

 * alleviated
 * alleviation
 * alleviator

Thesaurus
abate; allay; anesthetize; appease; assuage; attemper; attenuate; bank the fire; bate; be light; benumb; blunt; chasten; constrain; control; cure; cushion; damp; dampen; de-emphasize; deaden; deaden the pain; dilute; diminish; disburden; disencumber; downplay; dull; ease; ease matters; extenuate; foment; give relief; have little weight; keep within bounds; kick the beam; lay; lenify; lessen; lighten; lull; make light; make lighter; mitigate; moderate; modulate; mollify; numb; obtund; off-load; pad; palliate; play down; poultice; pour balm into; pour oil on; reduce; reduce the temperature; reduce weight; relieve; remedy; remit; restrain; salve; slacken; slake; slow down; smother; sober; sober down; soften; soothe; stifle; stupe; subdue; suppress; tame; temper; tone down; tune down; unballast; unburden; underplay; unlade; unload; water down; weaken; weigh lightly

Etymology
From alleviatus:, past participle of alleviare: (ad-: + levis:).

Pronunciation

 * IPA:/əlivieɪt/

Translations

 * Bulgarian: облекчавам, смекчавам
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Estonian: kergendama, leevendama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,


 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: enyhít
 * Russian: облегчать,, уменьшать, снимать
 * Spanish: aliviar, mitigar, paliar

Verb
alleviate



Anagrams

 * alleatevi