Alleviate

//əˈli.vi.eɪt//

Synonyms for "alleviate" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (35)

Verb(2 words)
easenfacilitate

Related words (57)

Verb(3 words)
mitigatepalliatequell

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

derived

5 entries

distinct from

1 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

87 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • خَفَّفَ verb (make less severe)
  • سَكَّنَ verb (make less severe)
  • لَطَّفَ verb (make less severe)

Armenian

2 entries
  • մեղմացնել verb (make less severe)
  • մեղմել verb (make less severe)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • asanlaşdırmaq verb (make less severe)
  • yüngülləşdirmək verb (make less severe)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • змякча́ць verb (make less severe)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপশম verb (make less severe)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • облекча́вам verb (make less severe)
  • смекча́вам verb (make less severe)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mitigar verb (make less severe)
  • pal·liar verb (make less severe)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 減輕 /减轻 verb (make less severe)
  • 緩和 /缓和 verb (make less severe)
  • 緩解 /缓解 verb (make less severe)
  • 舒緩 /舒缓 verb (make less severe)

Danish

4 entries
  • dulme verb (make less severe)
  • hjælpe på verb (make less severe)
  • lette verb (make less severe)
  • lindre verb (make less severe)

Dutch

4 entries
  • milderen verb (make less severe)
  • temperen verb (make less severe)
  • verlichten verb (make less severe)
  • verzachten verb (make less severe)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mildigi verb (make less severe)
  • moderigi verb (make less severe)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kergendama verb (make less severe)
  • leevendama verb (make less severe)

Faroese

2 entries
  • linna verb (make less severe)
  • lætta verb (make less severe)

Finnish

2 entries
  • helpottaa verb (make less severe)
  • lievittää verb (make less severe)

French

4 entries
  • adoucir verb (make less severe)
  • alléger verb (make less severe)
  • calmer verb (make less severe)
  • réduire verb (make less severe)

Galician

1 entries
  • aliviar verb (make less severe)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შემსუბუქება verb (make less severe)

German

3 entries
  • abschwächen verb (make less severe)
  • lindern verb (make less severe)
  • mildern verb (make less severe)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανακουφίζω verb (make less severe)
  • καταπραΰνω verb (make less severe)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הֵקֵל verb (make less severe)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csillapít verb (make less severe)
  • enyhít verb (make less severe)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • létta verb (make less severe)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កាត់បន្ថយ verb (make less severe)
  • សម្រាល verb (make less severe)

Latin

1 entries
  • lēniō verb (make less severe)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • lindre verb (make less severe)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قیرمق verb (make less severe)

Polish

1 entries
  • łagodzić verb (make less severe)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • aliviar verb (make less severe)

Romanian

3 entries
  • alina verb (make less severe)
  • calma verb (make less severe)
  • ușura verb (make less severe)

Russian

4 entries
  • облегча́ть verb (make less severe)
  • смягча́ть verb (make less severe)
  • снима́ть verb (make less severe)
  • уменьша́ть verb (make less severe)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • aotromaich verb (make less severe)

Slovene

3 entries
  • olajšati verb (make less severe)
  • omiliti verb (make less severe)
  • ublažiti verb (make less severe)

Spanish

2 entries
  • aleviar verb (make less severe)
  • aliviar verb (make less severe)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avhjälpa verb (make less severe)
  • lindra verb (make less severe)
  • mildra verb (make less severe)

Thai

3 entries
  • บรรเทา verb (make less severe)
  • ปลดเปลื้อง verb (make less severe)
  • เปลื้อง verb (make less severe)

Turkish

3 entries
  • azaltmak verb (make less severe)
  • dindirmek verb (make less severe)
  • hafifletmek verb (make less severe)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • поле́гшувати verb (make less severe)
  • пом'я́кшувати verb (make less severe)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • אױפֿמונטערן verb (make less severe)
  • לינדערן verb (make less severe)
  • מילדערן verb (make less severe)
  • פֿאַרגרינגערן verb (make less severe)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When I have migraines, aspirin doesn't alleviate the pain for me.

Source: tatoeba (1930)

I reckon the only aim of science is to alleviate the hardships of human existence.

Source: tatoeba (2831617)

In order to alleviate employment pressures, the nation has established a series of relevant policies.

Source: tatoeba (3537574)

This kind of medicine can temporarily alleviate pain. If you need it, just take it.

Source: tatoeba (3537576)

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