Word Type

Noun

Adjective

The word "relief" can be used as noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

beer

Derived Terms

ancillary relief antirelief breathe a sigh of relief comic relief corollary relief counter-relief debt relief demirelief epirelief half-relief high relief hydrostatic pressure relief system hyporelief indoor relief judicial relief low relief microrelief mid relief out-relief outdoor relief pain relief photorelief poor relief prayer for relief relief agency relief drinking relief map relief pitcher relief printing relief teacher relief tube relief valve relief worker reliefful reliefless relieflike relieve sigh of relief strain relief sunk relief tax relief that's a relief

Etymologically Related To

relieve

Context

law legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aid alteration amends assist assistance break change comfort comfortableness compeer damages decrease diminution equal freeing help indemnification indemnity intermission interruption liberation match modification pause peer public assistance redress reduction release restitution sculpture social welfare step-down suspension welfare

Type Of (IsA)

aid comfort damages emotion liberation sculpture social welfare

Related Terms

aid artwork assistance associate color compensation disaster disaster zones discomfort elevation help letterpress light lowering pain protection protrude provision redress sculpture shift stress tax tax relief volunteer volunteer workers workers zones

Synonym Network

changeover changing comfort ease easing embossing respite stand in substitute texture

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.