Word Meanings - ALLEVIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. 2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ALLEVIATION)

• Cure
• Remedy
• alleviation
• restorative
• heal-all
• amelioration
• reinstatement
• restoration
• renovation
• convalescence
• Relief
• Succor
• support
• release
• extrication
• mitigation
• aid
• holp
• assistance
• remedy
• redress
• exemption
• deliverance
• refreshment
• comfort
• Solace
• Consolation
• relief
• sympathy

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ALLEVIATION)

• Bind
• constrain
• confine
• shackle
• fetter
• yoke
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to ALLEVIATION)

• DELIVERANCE
  Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like;
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• SUCCOR
  tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from He is able to succor them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18. Syn. -- To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort. (more
• CONFINER
  One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
• RENOVATION
  The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• RELIEFLESS
  Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• ALLEVIATION
  1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. 2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.
• COMFORTABLY
  In a comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
• SUPPORTFUL
  Abounding with support. Chapman.
• EXHAUSTION
  An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.
• CONSTRAINTIVE
  Constraining; compulsory. "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew.
• SUPPORTLESS
  Having no support. Milton.
• DISCOMFORTABLE
  1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. Sir P. Sidney. 2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. -- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n.
• OVERTHWARTLY
  In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.