Synonyms of the word

relieve

• v. To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or…
• v. To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
• v. To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
• v. To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
• v. (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
• v. (now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
• v. (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
• v. To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
• v. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
• v. (military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
• v. (now rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
• v. (reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

absolve

• v. (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
• v. (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
• v. (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
• v. (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
• v. (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
• v. (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

allay

• v. (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• v. (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
• v. (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
• n. alleviation; abatement; check.

alleviate

• v. (transitive) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

ameliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

amend

• v. (transitive) To make better.
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
• v. (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

assuage

• v. (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
• v. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

better

• adj. comparative form of good: more good.
• adj. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. comparative form of well: more well.
• adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
• n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
• v. (transitive) To improve.
• v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
• v. (transitive) To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
• v. (transitive) To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
• v. (colloquial) Had better.
• n. Alternative spelling of bettor.

comfort

• n. Contentment, ease.
• n. Something that offers comfort.
• n. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
• n. A cause of relief or satisfaction.
• v. (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
• v. (transitive) To make comfortable.
• v. (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
• v. (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.

confide

• v. (intransitive, now rare) To trust, have faith (in).
• v. (transitive, dated) To entrust (something) to the responsibility of someone.
• v. (intransitive) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with. (+ in).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.

console

• n. A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one that houses home entertainment equipment,…
• n. A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
• n. The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
• n. (automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
• n. (video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability…
• n. (architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
• v. (transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

deliver

• v. To set free.
• v. (process) To do with birth.
• v. To free from or disburden of anything.
• v. To bring or transport something to its destination.
• v. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
• v. To express in words, declare, or utter.
• v. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
• v. To discover; to show.
• v. (obsolete) To admit; to allow to pass.
• v. (medicine) To administer a drug.

discharge

• v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
• v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
• v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• v. To expel or let go.
• v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
• v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
• v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
• v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
• v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
• v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
• v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
• v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
• v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
• v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
• n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
• n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
• n. the act of expelling or letting go.
• n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
• n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
• n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
• n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…

disembarrass

• v. (transitive) to get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment.

ease

• n. Ability, the means to do something, particularly.
• n. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly.
• n. Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly.
• n. (obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.
• n. (obsolete) A relief; an easement.
• v. (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
• v. (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
• v. (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
• v. (transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on (something).
• v. (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
• v. (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
• v. (intransitive) To lessen in severity.
• v. (intransitive) To proceed with little effort.

excuse

• v. (transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
• v. (transitive) To allow to leave.
• v. (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
• v. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
• n. (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which…
• n. (with negative adjective prepositioned, especially sorry or poor) An example.

exempt

• adj. Free from a duty or obligation.
• adj. (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
• adj. (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
• adj. (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
• n. One who has been released from something.
• n. (historical) A type of French police officer.
• n. (Britain) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
• v. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

improve

• v. (transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• v. (intransitive) To become better.
• v. (obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
• v. (obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
• v. (dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.

justify

• v. (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
• v. (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all…
• v. (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
• v. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
• v. (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject…
• v. (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

lighten

• v. (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
• v. (transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
• v. (transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
• v. (transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
• v. (intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
• v. (intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash.
• v. (transitive) To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
• v. To descend; to light.
• v. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

meliorate

• v. (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.

mitigate

• v. (transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease.
• v. (transitive) To downplay.

palliate

• adj. (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
• adj. (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
• v. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
• v. (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
• v. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
• v. (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
• v. To placate or mollify.

remedy

• n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• n. (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
• n. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
• v. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

rescue

• v. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
• v. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
• v. To recover forcibly.
• v. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
• v. (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
• v. (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
• n. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
• n. A liberation, freeing.
• n. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
• n. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
• n. A rescuee.

rid

• adj. released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of").
• v. To free from something.
• v. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of ride.

salvage

• n. The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
• n. The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
• n. The compensation paid to the rescuers.
• n. The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
• n. Anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted.
• n. Damaged.
• v. (transitive) Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue.
• v. (transitive) Of discarded goods, to put to use.
• v. (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
• n. Obsolete spelling of savage.
• n. (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing.
• v. (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
• v. (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.

salve

• n. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
• n. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.
• v. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
• v. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
• v. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
• v. To salvage.
• v. (obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon);…
• v. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
• v. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
• interj. hail; a greeting.
• v. (transitive) To say "salve" to; to greet; to salute.

save

• n. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
• n. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins…
• n. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run…
• n. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
• n. (role-playing games) A saving throw.
• v. (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
• v. To put aside, to avoid.
• prep. Except; with the exception of.
• conj. (dated) unless; except.

solace

• n. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
• n. A source of comfort or consolation.
• v. To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
• v. To allay or assuage.
• v. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.

soothe

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
• v. (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
• v. (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
• v. (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
• v. (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
• v. (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
• v. (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
• v. (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
• v. (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.

still

• adj. Not moving; calm.
• adj. Not effervescing; not sparkling.
• adj. Uttering no sound; silent.
• adj. (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time.
• adj. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
• adj. (obsolete) Constant; continual.
• adv. Without motion.
• adv. (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
• adv. (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
• adv. (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
• adv. (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
• adv. (extensive) Even, yet.
• n. A period of calm or silence.
• n. (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
• n. (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
• n. A steep hill or ascent.
• n. a device for distilling liquids.
• n. (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
• n. (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
• n. A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
• v. to calm down, to quiet.
• v. (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
• v. To cause to fall by drops.
• v. To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.

take

• v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove.
• v. (transitive) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
• v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
• v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
• v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
• v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
• v. (transitive) To consume.
• v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
• v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
• v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
• v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
• v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
• v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
• v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
• v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
• v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
• v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
• v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
• v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
• v. (transitive) To require.
• v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
• v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
• v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
• v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
• v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
• v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
• v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
• v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
• v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
• v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
• v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
• v. (transitive) To deal with.
• v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
• v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
• v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
• v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
• v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
• v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
• n. The or an act of taking.
• n. Something that is taken; a haul.
• n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
• n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
• n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
• n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
• n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
• n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
• n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
• n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

treat

• v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
• v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
• v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
• v. To provide something special and pleasant.
• n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

unbosom

• v. (archaic) To tell someone about one's troubles, and thus obtain relief.
• v. (archaic) To confess a misdeed.