| Main Entry: | consolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief, comfort |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, assuagement, cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, lenity, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy |
| Notes: | solace is a form of comfort given to one who is in sorrow or distress; consolation is an act of offering such comfort, or the result of such comfort having been provided |
Antonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset |
| 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: | 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: | condolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sympathy |
Synonyms: |
comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolement, consolation, fellow feeling, solace |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging |
Antonyms: |
denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | refund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | returned money |
Synonyms: |
acquittance, allowance, compensation, consolation, discharge, discount, give-back, give-up, kickback, money back, payment, rebate, reimbursement, remuneration, repayment, restitution, retribution, return, satisfaction, settlement |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
damage, hurt, injury, pain |
| Main Entry: | revival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebirth, reawakening |
Synonyms: |
awakening, cheering, consolation, enkindling, freshening, invigoration, quickening, reanimation, recovery, recrudescence, regeneration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, restoration, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revitalization, revivification, risorgimento |
Antonyms: |
destruction, killing, suppression |
| Main Entry: | solace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comfort, peace |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, assuagement, condolement, condolence, consolation, pity, relief |
Antonyms: |
discord, disharmony |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pity |
Synonyms: |
aid, cheer, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, consolation, empathy, encouragement, reassurance, rue, ruth, solace, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding |
Antonyms: |
callousness, indifference, mercilessness |