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Relief

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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 Thesaurus
Concept: Relief.
Category: 1. Passive Affections

Synonyms:

-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].

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
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