alleviate

verb
UK: /əˈliːvieɪt/
US: /əˈliːvieɪt/

  1. To make something less painful, difficult, or severe.

    1. This medicine can alleviate your headache. [ ] [ ]
    2. The new policies are meant to alleviate the financial burden on families. [ ] [ ]

  2. To provide physical relief, especially from suffering or hardship.

    1. We brought food to alleviate their hunger. [ ] [ ]
    2. The government introduced measures to alleviate poverty in the region. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

relieve reduce ease mitigate lessen assuage allay lighten
alleviate adjective

  1. Having been made less painful, difficult, or severe.

    1. The alleviated pain allowed him to sleep. [ ] [ ]
    2. With the alleviated pressure, the project could finally move forward. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "alleviate" in English means: To make something less painful, difficult, or severe., To provide physical relief, especially from suffering or hardship..

The phonetic transcription of "alleviate" is /əˈliːvieɪt/ in British English and /əˈliːvieɪt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "alleviate": relieve, reduce, ease, mitigate, lessen, assuage, allay, lighten.

Example usage of "alleviate": "This medicine can alleviate your headache.". More examples on the page.