alleviative

3 definitions found

alleviative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alleviative \Al*le"vi*a*tive\, a.
     Tending to alleviate. -- n. That which alleviates.
     [1913 Webster]

alleviative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alleviative
      adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
             [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive,
             mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]

alleviative - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "alleviative":
     alleviating, alleviator, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, assuager,
     assuasive, balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, calmant, calmative,
     cathartic, cleansing, cushion, deadening, demulcent, disburdening,
     disencumbering, dolorifuge, dulling, easing, emollient, lenitive,
     lightening, mitigating, mitigative, mitigator, moderator,
     modulator, mollifier, numbing, pacificator, pacifier, pain-killing,
     palliative, peacemaker, purgative, relieving, remedial,
     restraining hand, salve, sedative, shock absorber, softening,
     soother, soothing, soothing syrup, stabilizer, subduing, temperer,
     tranquilizer, unburdening, wiser head