100 Best Synonyms for “Alleviate”

100 Best Synonyms for

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