alleviable
Able to diminish
Alleviable describes something that can be lessened or relieved, though perhaps not eliminated entirely: alleviable suffering, alleviable symptoms.
The word appears most often in medical and philosophical contexts, distinguishing conditions that can be eased from those that cannot: The pain is alleviable with medication.
Capable of being cured
- curableAble to be healed
- remediableCapable of correction
- healableAble to recover
- fixableCapable of being mended
correctable · rectifiable · resolvable · mendable · reparable · recoverable · improvable · reversible
Made or became smaller
- diminishableAble to be lessened
- reducibleAble to be diminished
- abatableCapable of reduction
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
softened · attenuated · eased · decreased · minimizable · dilutable · curtailable · quellable
Able to be eased
- consolableAble to be soothed
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- pacifiableAble to be calmed
- reassurableAble to be comforted
treatable
Capable of being cured
- curableAble to be healed
- remediableCapable of correction
- healableAble to recover
fixable · correctable · rectifiable · resolvable · mendable · reparable · recoverable · improvable · reversible · manageable
lessened
Made or became smaller
- diminishableAble to be lessened
- reducibleAble to be diminished
- abatableCapable of reduction
tempered · softened · attenuated · eased · decreased · minimizable · dilutable · curtailable · quellable · palliated
relievable
Able to be eased
- consolableAble to be soothed
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- pacifiableAble to be calmed
reassurable · placatable · appeasable · settleable · relaxable
alleviableincurable
Cannot be healed
intractable · irremediable · untreatable · insoluble · permanent
alleviate, alleviated, alleviates, alleviating, alleviation, alleviator, levity, lever, leverage