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- pronunciation:
- rih
liv
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
relieves, relieving, relieved |
| definition 1: |
to ease or reduce (pain, suffering, need, worry, or the like).
Aspirin usually relieves my headaches.These herbs are said to relieve pain.Yoga is useful for relieving stress.It took only a phone call to relieve all our worries.- synonyms:
- allay, alleviate, assuage, palliate, soothe
- antonyms:
- aggravate, exacerbate, intensify
- similar words:
- comfort, ease, lighten, mitigate, remedy, salve, treat
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| definition 2: |
to liberate from fear, anxiety, distress or other burdensome condition.
It relieves me to hear that they're all safe.- synonyms:
- cure, deliver, ease, free, liberate
- antonyms:
- alarm, burden, distress
- similar words:
- allay, appease, heal, quiet, redress, save
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| definition 3: |
to break or interrupt (something tedious).
She leafed through a magazine to relieve the boredom.- synonyms:
- break, vary
- similar words:
- alleviate, interrupt
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| definition 4: |
to lower the pressure, weight, or tension of.
- synonyms:
- allay, alleviate, lighten
- antonyms:
- intensify
- similar words:
- assuage, lessen, mitigate, mollify, slack, unburden, vent
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| definition 5: |
to take over the duties of.
- synonyms:
- spell
- similar words:
- replace, substitute for
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| related words: |
acquit, ameliorate, cover, exempt, exonerate, extricate, gratify, help, pacify, rescue, rid, satisfy, solace, stay, supplant, warm |
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| derivations: |
relievable (adj.), relievedly (adv.), reliever (n.) |
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