Found 3 hits - Term: alleviative, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
alleviative \alle"viative\, a.
tending to alleviate. -- n. that which alleviates.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
alleviative
adj : moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear syn:
alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory,
palliative
see also:
alleviatory lenitive mitigative mitigatory palliative
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 moby thesaurus words for "alleviative":
alleviating, alleviator, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, assuager,
assuasive, balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, calmant, calmative,
cathartic, cleansing, cushion, deadening, demulcent, disburdening,
disencumbering, dolorifuge, dulling, easing, emollient, lenitive,
lightening, mitigating, mitigative, mitigator, moderator,
modulator, mollifier, numbing, pacificator, pacifier, pain-killing,
palliative, peacemaker, purgative, relieving, remedial,
restraining hand, salve, sedative, shock absorber, softening,
soother, soothing, soothing syrup, stabilizer, subduing, temperer,
tranquilizer, unburdening, wiser head
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