relieve
1. provide physical relief, as from pain (Freq. 9)
- This pill will relieve your headaches
• Syn:
alleviate, palliate, assuage
• Derivationally related forms:
assuagement (for: assuage), palliative (for: palliate), palliation (for: palliate), alleviatory (for: alleviate), alleviative (for: alleviate), alleviation (for: alleviate), alleviator (for: alleviate), alleviant (for: alleviate)
• Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
• Hyponyms:
soothe, comfort, ease
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
take over
• Derivationally related forms:
reliever
• Hypernyms:
free, discharge
• Hyponyms:
spell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: take over)
- Sam cannot relieve Sue
3. lessen the intensity of or calm (Freq. 2)
- The news eased my conscience
- still the fears
• Syn:
still, allay, ease
• Derivationally related forms:
ease (for: ease), easement (for: ease), reliever, allayer (for: allay), still (for: still)
• Hypernyms:
comfort, soothe, console, solace
• Hyponyms:
abreact
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- The good news will relieve her
4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to (Freq. 2)
- She exempted me from the exam
• Syn:
exempt, free
• Ant:
enforce (for: exempt)
• Derivationally related forms:
exemption (for: exempt)
• Hyponyms:
derestrict, deregulate, dispense, forgive, spare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
salvage, salve, save
• Derivationally related forms:
saver (for: save), salvation (for: salve), salvage (for: salve), salvage (for: salvage), salvager (for: salvage)
• Hypernyms:
rescue, deliver
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
6. relieve oneself of troubling information (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
unbosom
• Hypernyms:
confide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They relieve themselves
7. provide relief for (Freq. 1)
- remedy his illness
• Syn:
remedy
• Derivationally related forms:
remedy (for: remedy)
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
treat, care for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. free from a burden, evil, or distress
• Hypernyms:
rid, free, disembarrass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
9. take by stealing
- The thief relieved me of $100
• Hypernyms:
take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- They relieve him of all his money
10. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
- relieve the pressure and the stress
- lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents
• Syn:
lighten
• Hypernyms:
mitigate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
11. grant exemption or release to
- Please excuse me from this class
• Syn:
excuse, let off, exempt
• Derivationally related forms:
excuse (for: excuse)
• Hypernyms:
absolve, justify, free
• Hyponyms:
frank
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Sam cannot relieve Sue
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