'Palliative' definitions:
Definition of 'palliative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]
noun
Remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: palliative, alleviant, alleviator]
Definition of 'Palliative'
From: GCIDE
- Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Palliative'
From: GCIDE
- Palliative \Pal"li*a*tive\, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'palliative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alleviating,
- alleviative,
- alleviator,
- allowance,
- altering,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anodyne,
- apologetic,
- assuager,
- assuasive,
- balm,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- bounding,
- calmant,
- calmative,
- cathartic,
- cleansing,
- color,
- cushion,
- deadening,
- decontamination,
- demulcent,
- dolorifuge,
- dulling,
- easing,
- emollient,
- excusatory,
- excusing,
- extenuating,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- extenuatory,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- justificatory,
- justifying,
- lenitive,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- mitigative,
- mitigator,
- mitigatory,
- moderator,
- modificatory,
- modifying,
- modulator,
- modulatory,
- mollifier,
- numbing,
- pacificator,
- pacifier,
- pain-killing,
- palliation,
- peacemaker,
- purgative,
- qualification,
- qualificative,
- qualificatory,
- qualifying,
- refuting,
- rehabilitative,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- restraining hand,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- salve,
- sedative,
- shock absorber,
- softening,
- soother,
- soothing,
- soothing syrup,
- stabilizer,
- subduing,
- temperer,
- tranquilizer,
- varnish,
- vindicative,
- vindicatory,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- wiser head