alleviate (verb)
41allay — verb Syn: reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, soften, calm Ant: increase, intensify …
42relieve — verb 1) this helps relieve pain Syn: alleviate, mitigate, ease, counteract, dull, reduce 2) the helpers relieved us Syn: replace, take over from, stand in for, fill in for, substitu …
43soften — verb the compensation should soften the blow Syn: ease, alleviate, relieve, soothe, take the edge off, cushion, lessen, diminish, blunt, deaden …
44soothe — verb 1) Rachel tried to soothe him Syn: calm (down), pacify, comfort, hush, quiet, settle (down), appease, mollify; Brit. quieten (down) 2) an anaesthetic to soothe the pain Syn: ease, alleviate …
45pressure — noun 1 force produced by pressing ADJECTIVE ▪ gentle, light ▪ firm ▪ downward VERB + PRESSURE ▪ apply, exe …
46lighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make lighter] Syn. unburden, disburden, make lighter, reduce the load of, lessen the weight of, uplift, buoy up, mitigate, levitate, alleviate, make less burdensome, disencumber, take off a load, remove, take from, pour… …
47relieve — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To replace] Syn. release, remove, take over for, cover for, spell*, discharge, force to resign; see also dismiss 1 , 2 , substitute 2 . 2. [To lessen] Syn. assuage, alleviate, soothe, comfort, allay, lighten, mitigate, ease …
48remedy — rem·e·dy 1 n pl dies: the means to enforce a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong: the relief (as damages, restitution, specific performance, or an injunction) that may be given or ordered by a court or other tribunal for a wrong if… …
49remit — re·mit /ri mit/ vb re·mit·ted, re·mit·ting [Latin remittere to let go back, send back, give up, forgive, from re back + mittere to let go, send] vt 1 a: to release from the guilt or penalty of b: to refrain from exacting remit a tax c …
50hunger — noun 1 feeling of wanting to eat ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme ▪ Any good weight loss regime should not lead to extreme hunger. ▪ constant ▪ global, world VERB + HUNGER …
