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- pronunciation:
- rih
liv
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
relieves, relieving, relieved |
| definition 1: |
to make less painful or troubling; ease.
Hot tea will relieve your sore throat.She relieved my worries about the exam.- synonyms:
- alleviate, soothe
- antonyms:
- aggravate, intensify
- similar words:
- comfort, ease, lighten, remedy, treat
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| definition 2: |
to free from fear, worry, need, or poverty.
It relieves me to hear that you are all right.- synonyms:
- cure, deliver, ease, liberate
- antonyms:
- alarm, burden, distress
- similar words:
- appease, heal, save
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| definition 3: |
to take over the work of.
At noon, a new crew will relieve the morning workers.- synonyms:
- spell
- similar words:
- replace, substitute for
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| related words: |
exempt, help, pacify, rescue, rid, satisfy, warm |
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| derivations: |
relievable (adj.), relievedly (adv.), reliever (n.) |
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