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The synonyms of “Alleviate” are: ease, facilitate, assuage, palliate, relieve, reduce, take the edge off, deaden, dull, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, allay, damp, soothe, help, soften, temper, control, still, quell, tone down, blunt, dilute, moderate, mitigate, modify, abate, lull, pacify, placate, mollify, sweeten
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “alleviate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abate | Make less active or intense. The storm abated. |
allay | Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry. The report attempted to educate the public and allay fears. |
assuage | Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. The letter assuaged the fears of most members. |
attenuate | Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude. Her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism. |
blunt | Make dull or blunt. Terror blunted her feelings. |
control | Exercise authoritative control or power over. He had to control his temper. |
damp | Reduce or stop the vibration of (the strings of a piano or other musical instrument) so as to reduce the volume of sound. An ensemble of drums including a foot damped instrument. |
deaden | Make vapid or deprive of spirit. Deadened wine. |
dilute | Reduce the value of (a shareholding) by issuing more shares in a company without increasing the values of its assets. Bleach can be diluted with cold water. |
diminish | Cause to seem less impressive or valuable. The trial has aged and diminished him. |
dull | Make dull in appearance. Age had dulled the surface. |
ease | Of share prices interest rates etc decrease in value or amount. Tokyo s dominance of government was deemed to ease efficient contact making. |
facilitate | Make (an action or process) easy or easier. You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge. |
help | Help to some food help with food or drink. I m sorry to put you to any inconvenience but it can t be helped. |
lessen | Make smaller. The warmth of the afternoon lessened. |
lighten | Reduce the weight on; make lighter. Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents. |
lull | Become quiet or less intensive. The rarity of earthquakes there has lulled people into a false sense of security. |
mitigate | Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful. Drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem. |
moderate | Make less strong or intense; soften. Moderate your speed. |
modify | Make less severe or harsh or extreme. Please modify this letter to make it more polite. |
mollify | Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone. She managed to mollify the angry customer. |
pacify | Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. The U N troops are working to pacify Bosnia. |
palliate | Disguise the seriousness of (an offence. This eliminated or at least palliated suspicions aroused by German unity. |
placate | Make (someone) less angry or hostile. They attempted to placate the students with promises. |
quell | Overcome or allay. Quell my hunger. |
reduce | Reduce in size reduce physically. Reduce a problem to a single question. |
relieve | Relieve oneself of troubling information. The bird s body is black relieved only by white under the tail. |
soften | Make less severe or harsh. The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it. |
soothe | Give moral or emotional strength to. A shot of brandy might soothe his nerves. |
still | Make or become still quieten. The din in the hall stilled. |
sweeten | Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable. There is no way to sweeten the statement. |
take the edge off | Make a film or photograph of something. |
temper | Make more temperate acceptable or suitable by adding something else moderate. Their idealism is tempered with realism. |
tone down | Vary the pitch of one’s speech. |
weaken | Lessen in force or effect. Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks. |
abate | Reduce or remove (a nuisance. The storm suddenly abated. |
allay | Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry. Some stale figs partly allayed our hunger. |
appease | Pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands. Amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups. |
assuage | Satisfy (an appetite or desire. The letter assuaged the fears of most members. |
conciliate | Gain (esteem or goodwill. All complaints about charges will be conciliated if possible. |
diminish | Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. The new law is expected to diminish the government s chances. |
ease | Of share prices interest rates etc decrease in value or amount. He eased himself into the chair. |
emollient | Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. A rich emollient shampoo. |
extenuate | Cause (an offence) to seem less serious. The circumstances extenuate the crime. |
facilitate | Make easier. Schools were located in the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources. |
lessen | Decrease in size, extent, or range. The warmth of the afternoon lessened. |
licensee | Someone to whom a license is granted. |
mitigate | Make less severe or harsh. There had been a provocation that mitigated the offence to a degree. |
mitigation | A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances. The identification and mitigation of pollution. |
mollification | The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined. His unsuccessful mollification of the mob. |
mollify | Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else. The women hoped to mollify the harsh wilderness environment. |
pacify | Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location. He had to pacify angry spectators. |
palliate | Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. This eliminated or at least palliated suspicions aroused by German unity. |
palliation | To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. |
placate | Make (someone) less angry or hostile. They attempted to placate the students with promises. |
quench | An act of quenching a very hot substance. Quench a rebellion. |
rarefy | Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance. As the shell continues to expand and rarefy astronomers may eventually be able to see characteristic gamma rays from the radioactivity within. |
relent | Give in, as to influence or pressure. The rain relented. |
relieve | Relieve oneself of troubling information. Train your dog to relieve itself where you want it to. |
remission | A payment of money sent to a person in another place. The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees. |
remit | Law the act of remitting especially the referral of a law case to another court. The request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee. |
slacken | Make less active or fast. The rope slackened. |
slake | Satisfy (desires. Slake your thirst with citron press. |
soften | Become soft or softer. The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it. |
soothe | Gently calm (a person or their feelings. The medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation. |
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