# alleviate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /əˈliːvieɪt/
- **English:** to make pain, suffering or a problem less severe
- **Persian:** تسکین دادن

## Example

> The medicine helped alleviate her pain.
> دارو به تسکین دردش کمک کرد.

## Word forms

- noun: alleviation

## Synonyms

ease, relieve

## Opposites

aggravate

## Common phrases

- alleviate poverty
- alleviate pain
- alleviate pressure

## Related words

- [debilitating](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/debilitating): making someone very weak (C2)
- [vulnerable](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/vulnerable): easily hurt, harmed or attacked (B2)
- [doctor](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/doctor): a person whose job is to treat sick people (A2)
- [sick](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/sick): not well; suffering from an illness (A2)
- [healthy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/healthy): strong and well; good for your body (A2)
- [headache](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/headache): a pain in your head (A2)
- [tired](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/tired): needing rest or sleep (A1)
- [ameliorate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ameliorate): to make a bad situation better (C2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/alleviate