ALLEVIATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alleviate mean? 

• ALLEVIATE (verb)
  The verb ALLEVIATE has 2 senses:

1. provide physical relief, as from pain

2. make easier

  Familiarity information: ALLEVIATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLEVIATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they alleviate    ... he / she / it alleviates   
Past simple: alleviated   
Past participle: alleviated   
-ing form: alleviating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide physical relief, as from pain

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve

Context example:

This pill will relieve your headaches

Hypernyms (to "alleviate" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "alleviate"):

soothe (cause to feel better)

comfort; ease (lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

alleviant (remedy that alleviates pain without curing)

alleviation (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))

alleviation (the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced)

alleviative (moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear)

alleviator (remedy that alleviates pain without curing)

alleviator (a therapist who makes suffering more endurable)

alleviatory (moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make easier

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alleviate; ease; facilitate

Context example:

you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge

Hypernyms (to "alleviate" is one way to...):

aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

As a result, this agent potentiates serotonergic and noradrenergic activities in the central nervous system, and alleviates depression and neuropathy sensations, such as pain and tingling.

(Duloxetine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment to manage or alleviate difficult or painful breathing or shortness of breath.

(Dyspnea Management, NCI Thesaurus)

Diphenhydramine competitively inhibits the histamine-1 (H1) receptor, thereby alleviating the symptoms caused by endogenous histamine on bronchial, capillary and gastrointestinal smooth muscles.

(Diphenhydramine, NCI Thesaurus)

By blocking both transporters, this agent prolongs neurotransmitter activities of both serotonin and norepinephrine, thereby alleviating depressive state.

(Desvenlafaxine, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypofunction of NMDA type of neurotransmission is believed to play a major role in pathophysiology of schizophrenia, therefore, administration of D-serine and subsequent activation of NMDA receptors may alleviate psychotic tendencies.

(D-Serine, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug product that contains one or more active and/or inactive ingredients; it is intended to treat, prevent or alleviate the symptoms of disease.

(Medication, NCI Thesaurus)

An experience that is alleviated with simple therapeutic treatments.

(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

The pain may be intense, but in the majority of cases it is completely alleviated by aspirin.

(Osteoid Osteoma, NCI Thesaurus)

OPCs/green tea/spirullina/curcumin/antrodia camphorate/fermented soymilk extract capsule may boost the immune system and may alleviate fatigue and poor appetite in cancer chemotherapy patients.

(OPCs/Green Tea/Spirullina/Curcumin/Antrodia Camphorate/Fermented Soymilk Extract Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

NCCTG specializes in researching methods of treating and preventing cancer, and in researching methods to alleviate the side effects of cancer and cancer treatments.

(North Central Cancer Treatment Group, NCI Thesaurus)