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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alleviative \Al*le"vi*a*tive\, a. Tending to alleviate. -- n. That which alleviates. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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