alleviator
Something providing relief
An alleviator is someone or something that lessens pain, burden, or difficulty.
The word applies to medicines that ease symptoms, policies that reduce hardship, or people who lighten others' loads: The new funding served as an alleviator of the housing crisis.
Less common than the verb alleviate or noun alleviation.
Medication reducing discomfort
- sootherWhat brings relief
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
- anodyneRelieves pain or offense
balm · sedative · remedy · mitigator · salve · ointment · antidote · tranquilizer
Treatment that heals
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- medicineCurative substance or practice
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
recovery · rehabilitation · restorative · healer · physician · nurse · pharmaceuticals · antibacterial
Comfort during distress
- solaceRelief from distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- warmthHeat you feel
- cozinessComfortable warm intimacy
nurturing · embrace · soothing · tenderness · gentleness · softness · cushioning · pampering
Upright architectural support
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- mainstayPrimary source of support
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
foundation · prop · cornerstone · upholder · sustainer · reinforcement · bolster · stabilizer
State of being unwound
- meditationFocused attention practice
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
tranquility · serenity · quietude · respite · repose · retreat · sanctuary · haven
painkiller
Medication reducing discomfort
- sootherWhat brings relief
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- analgesicPain-relieving medication
anodyne · balm · sedative · remedy · mitigator · salve · ointment · antidote · tranquilizer · therapy
cure
Treatment that heals
therapy · recovery · rehabilitation · restorative · healer · physician · nurse · pharmaceuticals · antibacterial · antiseptic
consolation
Comfort during distress
- solaceRelief from distress
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- warmthHeat you feel
coziness · nurturing · embrace · soothing · tenderness · gentleness · softness · cushioning · pampering · snugness
pillar
Upright architectural support
buttress · foundation · prop · cornerstone · upholder · sustainer · reinforcement · bolster · stabilizer · linchpin
relaxation
State of being unwound
- meditationFocused attention practice
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
breathing · tranquility · serenity · quietude · respite · repose · retreat · sanctuary · haven · decompression
alleviatoraggravator
One who exacerbates
exacerbator · worsener · intensifier · irritant · complicator
- poverty alleviationReducing extreme economic need
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