| Main Entry: | relief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy, aid; relaxation |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
| Notes: | relief (standing out) and intaglio (sunken) are opposites in art |
| Antonyms: | damage, hurt, injury, pain |
| Concept: | Relief. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-nouns
relief; deliverance; refreshment; easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby., solace, consolation, comfort, encouragement., lenitive, restorative (remedy); cushion; crumb of comfort, balm in Gilead.
-verbs
relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe; salve; soften, soften down; foment, stupe, poultice; assuage, allay., cheer, comfort, console; enliven; encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease; gladden the heart, cheer the heart; inspirit, invigorate., remedy; cure (restore); refresh; pour balm into, pour oil on., smooth the ruffled brow of care, temper the wind to the shorn lamb, lay the flattering unction to one's soul., disburden (free); take off a load of care., be relieved; breathe more freely, draw a long breath; take comfort; dry the tears, dry the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes.
-adjectives
relieving; consolatory, soothing; assuaging, assuasive; balmy, balsamic; lenitive, palliative; anodyne (remedial); curative.
-phrases
"here comes a man of comfort" [Measure for Measure].
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| Antonyms: | aggravation |
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| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | advancement, advice, advocacy, alleviation, allowance, assist, assistance, attention, backing, backup, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, bounty, care, charity, comfort, compensation, cooperation, deliverance, encouragement, endowment, favor, furtherance, gift, giving, guidance, hand, handout, leg up, lift, ministration, ministry, patronage, promotion, reinforcement, relief, rescue, reward, salvation, service, shot in the arm, subsidy, sustenance, treatment |
| Notes: | aid is assistance or a source of assistance; aide is an assistant |
| Antonyms: | blockage, hindrance, impediment, injury, obstruction |
| Main Entry: | assist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abetment, aid, assistance, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, facilitation, furtherance, hand, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, stop, stoppage, thwarting |
| Main Entry: | assistance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | abetment, aid, assist, backing, benefit, boost, collaboration, comfort, compensation, cooperation, facilitation, furtherance, hand, help, helping hand, lift, reinforcement, relief, service, support, sustenance |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, injury, stop, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something soothing |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, anodyne, assuagement, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, palliative, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, soother |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity, gift |
| Synonyms: | alms, alms-giving, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, gifting, hand*, hand-out, helping hand, largesse, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, write-off |
| Antonyms: | stealing, taking |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling; ease |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratification, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufficiency, warmth, well-being |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aid, help |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, assist, compassion, compensation, consolation, encouragement, hand, lift, pity, relief, secours, solace, succor, support, sympathy |
| Antonyms: | hindrance, hurt, injury, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | contour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline, profile |
| Synonyms: | curve, delineation, figuration, figure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape, silhouette |