alleviate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
provide physical relief, as from pain
This pill will relieve your headaches
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- easing derivation
- palliation derivation
- palliative derivation
- alleviation derivation
- alleviator derivation
- lenitive derivation
Sense 2 verb
make easier
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
Types & categories
- assist hypernym
Related & opposite
- facilitation derivation
- easing derivation
- facilitator derivation
- facilitation derivation
- facilitative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | palliative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alleviation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alleviator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lenitive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soothe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | easing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | facilitative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assist |