Defenition of the word palliative

• Defenition of the word palliative

  • moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
  • alleviates pain without curing
  • remedy that alleviates pain without curing

Synonyms for the word palliative

• • alleviative
  • alleviatory
  • analgesic
  • calming
  • excuse
  • gesture
  • lenitive
  • mitigative
  • mitigatory
  • painkilling
  • panacea
  • placebo
  • sedative
  • soothing
  • sop

Similar words in the palliative

• • moderating
  • palliative
  • palliatives

Hypernyms for the word palliative

• • curative
  • cure
  • remedy
  • therapeutic

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