relievable

Able to lessen

Relievable describes something capable of being relieved—eased, lessened, or removed.

Pain may be relievable with medication.

A soldier at a post is relievable when a replacement arrives.

The pressure was intense but relievable with proper rest.

The word appears most often in medical and military contexts.

manageable

treatable

Capable of being cured

endurable · tolerable · surmountable · correctable · improvable · reducible · modifiable · rectifiable · fixable · remediable

alleviating

easing

Reducing strain or difficulty

reducing · diminishing · palliative · analgesic · lightening · moderating · ameliorating · assuaging · decreasing · dulling

restorative

healing

Restoration of health

renewal · recuperation · regeneration · mending · remedy · treatment · revitalization · restoration · salve · balm

comforting

consoling

Giving solace to another

empathetic · sympathetic · nurturing · heartening · encouraging · solacing · caring · gentle · understanding · compassionate

Opposites
capacity for alleviation

relievableincurable

Cannot be healed

irremediable · untreatable · intractable · unmitigable · hopeless

permanence of suffering

relievablepermanent

Fixed without end

enduring · unending · everlasting · perpetual · inescapable

Family

relief, relieve, relieved, relevant, relevance, irrelevant, alleviate, relieving, reliever

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