100 Best Synonyms for “Alleviate”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	abate	become less intense or widespread
2.	aid	help make something easier
3.	allay	reduce fear, worry, or pain
4.	ameliorate	make a bad situation better
5.	appease	calm or satisfy demands
6.	assist	help with a difficulty
7.	assuage	make unpleasant feelings less intense
8.	attenuate	reduce force or effect
9.	blunt	make less sharp or severe
10.	break	lessen force or intensity
11.	bring down	reduce level or intensity
12.	buffer	lessen impact or shock
13.	check	stop growth or worsening
14.	clear up	improve or become less serious
15.	comfort	ease someone’s distress or grief
16.	console	comfort someone in distress
17.	counteract	reduce by opposing effects
18.	curtail	reduce or limit something
19.	cushion	soften the effect of something
20.	cut	reduce in amount or degree
21.	damp	make less intense or strong
22.	dampen	make less strong or active
23.	de-escalate	make less intense or dangerous
24.	deaden	make less intense or sensitive
25.	decrease	make or become smaller
26.	defuse	make less tense or dangerous
27.	dial back	reduce intensity or amount
28.	diminish	make or become less
29.	dispel	make something unpleasant disappear
30.	dull	make less sharp or intense
31.	ease	make less severe or painful
32.	facilitate	make easier to do
33.	forestall	prevent worsening before it happens
34.	free up	remove constraints or pressure
35.	gentle	make less harsh or severe
36.	give relief	reduce pain or distress
37.	gloss over	make seem less serious
38.	go easy on	be less harsh toward
39.	head off	prevent or lessen trouble
40.	help	make a problem less difficult
41.	hold in check	keep from becoming worse
42.	hush	make quieter or calmer
43.	improve	make a bad situation better
44.	insulate	shield from harmful impact
45.	intervene	step in to improve matters
46.	iron out	resolve difficulties smoothly
47.	lessen	make smaller or less intense
48.	let up	become less intense
49.	lift	remove or reduce a burden
50.	lighten	make less heavy or burdensome
51.	loosen	make less tight or strict
52.	lower	bring down in level
53.	make bearable	make easier to endure
54.	make easier	reduce difficulty or strain
55.	make lighter	reduce weight or burden
56.	make manageable	make easier to handle
57.	make tolerable	make easier to accept
58.	manage	handle or reduce difficulty
59.	mitigate	make less harmful or serious
60.	moderate	make less extreme or intense
61.	mute	reduce strength or intensity
62.	neutralize	make less harmful or effective
63.	offset	balance or reduce impact
64.	pacify	calm someone or something down
65.	palliate	relieve without fully curing
66.	pare down	reduce to a smaller amount
67.	quieten	make calmer or less active
68.	ratchet down	reduce gradually or deliberately
69.	reassure	reduce someone’s worry or fear
70.	reduce	make less in amount or degree
71.	relax	make less tense or strict
72.	relieve	reduce pain, stress, or difficulty
73.	remedy	set right or improve
74.	salve	soothe or relieve pain
75.	scale down	reduce in size or scope
76.	sedate	calm or make less active
77.	slacken	become less active or intense
78.	smooth	make easier or less rough
79.	soften	make less harsh or severe
80.	soothe	calm or ease discomfort
81.	stanch	stop or reduce a flow
82.	stem	stop or reduce a flow
83.	suppress	prevent or reduce expression
84.	take a load off	reduce strain or pressure
85.	take some pressure off	reduce stress somewhat
86.	take the edge off	make something less intense
87.	take the heat off	reduce pressure or criticism
88.	take the load off	reduce burden or effort
89.	take the pressure off	reduce stress or burden
90.	take the weight off	reduce a burden or worry
91.	temper	moderate the strength of something
92.	tone down	make less extreme or offensive
93.	treat	deal with medically or practically
94.	unburden	free from a burden
95.	unload	remove a burden or load
96.	unwind	become less tense
97.	vent	release pressure or emotion
98.	water down	make less strong or severe
99.	weaken	make less strong or effective
100.	whittle down	reduce gradually