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Antonyms for re lief
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ri-leef |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlif |
- action
- activity
- advance
- aggravation
- agitation
- annoyance
- awakening
- bad fortune
- bad luck
- barbarousness
- base
- beginning
- being
- big
- blame
- block
- blockage
- bother
- botheration
- busyness
- captivity
- causative
- censure
- check
- chief
- chore
- clamor
- closing
- closure
- collection
- commencement
- communism
- confinement
- consciousness
- continuation
- core
- cruelty
- damage
- danger
- debt
- delay
- denial
- denunciation
- depression
- derision
- destruction
- deterrent
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- disapproval
- disbelief
- discontent
- discord
- discouragement
- disdain
- disease
- disfavor
- disharmony
- disorganization
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- distress
- distrust
- disturbance
- doubt
- drudgery
- employment
- encumbrance
- energy
- entertainment
- entity
- exasperation
- failure
- first-class
- first-rate
- forfeit
- frustration
- fun
- gathering
- gloom
- go
- government
- handicap
- harm
- harshness
- hindrance
- hold
- huge
- hurt
- ignorance
- ill will
- impediment
- important
- impotence
- imprisonment
- inability
- inappropriateness
- incapacity
- incarceration
- incompetence
- inconvenience
- increase
- indecision
- indifference
- inexpedience
- injury
- intensification
- intolerance
- inutility
- irritation
- labor
- lack
- large
- limitation
- loss
- lot
- main
- major
- malevolence
- meanness
- melancholy
- mercilessness
- misery
- misfortune
- necessary
- need
- neglect
- noise
- obstruction
- opposition
- original
- pain
- penalty
- peril
- permanent
- photographer
- poverty
- prevention
- primary
- product
- profession
- punishment
- reality
- reserve
- responsibility
- restraint
- restriction
- retention
- sadness
- selfishness
- sentence
- seriousness
- servitude
- significant
- silence
- slavery
- sorrow
- source
- start
- stealing
- stop
- stoppage
- stupidity
- subjection
- subordination
- superior
- suppression
- sympathy
- taking
- task
- thwarting
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- truth
- uncharitableness
- uncompassion
- unhappiness
- unkindness
- unsuitability
- upset
- useful
- uselessness
- valuable
- veto
- vocation
- wakefulness
- want
- waste
- weakness
- whole
- woe
- work
- worry
- worsening
- worthwhile
Definition of re lief
Origin :- late 14c., "alleviation of distress, hunger, sickness, etc; state of being relieved; that which mitigates or removes" (pain, grief, evil, etc.)," from Anglo-French relif, from Old French relief "assistance," literally "a raising, that which is lifted," from stressed stem of relever (see relieve). Meaning "aid to impoverished persons" is attested from c.1400; that of "deliverance of a besieged town" is from c.1400. Earlier in English as "that which is left over or left behind," also "feudal payment to an overlord made by an heir upon taking possession of an estate" (both c.1200).
- As in secondary : adj subordinate; less important
- As in kindness : noun helping act; service
- As in lift : noun help, aid
- As in mercy : noun kindness, compassion
- As in model : noun imitation, replica
- As in assist : noun help
- As in assistance : noun help
- As in opportunity : noun lucky chance; favorable circumstances
- As in panacea : noun cure-all
- As in philanthropy : noun humanitarianism
- As in recreation : noun sports, games, special interests
- As in redress : noun help, compensation
- As in relaxation : noun entertainment; resting or recovering
- As in release : noun delivery; dispensation
- As in relief : noun remedy, aid; relaxation
- As in remedy : noun cure, solution
- As in rescue : noun saving from danger
- As in resort : noun alternative, recourse
- As in resource : noun supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial
- As in respite : noun pause, suspension in activity
- As in rest : noun inactivity
- As in satisfaction : noun giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content
- As in balm : noun something soothing
- As in solace : noun comfort, peace
- As in standby : noun substitute
- As in substitute : noun someone or something that takes the place of another
- As in support : noun help, approval
- As in support : noun food, money, possessions for staying alive
- As in benefaction : noun charitable donation
- As in public assistance : noun aid to needy
- As in social services : noun social work
- As in mitigation : noun alleviation
- As in succor : noun assistance
- As in succor : noun aid
- As in abetment : noun help
- As in charity : noun generosity, gift
- As in resourcefulness : noun resource
- As in comfort : noun good feeling; ease
- As in comfort : noun aid, help
- As in contour : noun outline, profile
- As in convenience : noun availability, usefulness; useful thing
- As in détente : noun peace
- As in aid : noun help, support
- As in dispensation : noun permission
- As in dole : noun allowance, allocation
- As in donation : noun gift
- As in encouragement : noun help, support
- As in entertainment : noun amusement, pleasure
- As in freedom : noun political independence
- As in gift : noun something given freely, for no recompense
- As in hand : noun help, aid
Synonyms for re lief
- a hand
- abatement
- abetment
- ability
- abolition
- abolitionism
- absolution
- abundance
- accessibility
- accessory
- accommodation
- achievement
- acquittal
- acquittance
- adjournment
- advance
- advancement
- advantage
- advice
- advocacy
- agency
- agent
- agreeableness
- aid
- aid to dependent children
- aid to the blind
- alimentation
- alimony
- allayment
- alleviation
- allotment
- allowance
- alms
- alms-giving
- alternate
- altruism
- amelioration
- amendment
- amends
- amenity
- amity
- amusement
- animation
- anodyne
- antidote
- appeasement
- appliance
- apportionment
- appropriateness
- appropriation
- artifice
- assets
- assist
- assistance
- assistant
- assuagement
- atonement
- attention
- autarchy
- autonomy
- auxiliary
- avail
- avocation
- award
- backing
- backup
- balancing
- ball
- balm
- bash
- bed of roses
- befalling
- benediction
- benefaction
- beneficence
- benefit
- benevolence
- benignancy
- benison
- bequest
- bestowal
- big time
- biologic
- blast
- blessing
- bliss
- blow out
- bonus
- boon
- boost
- bounty
- break
- breath
- breather
- breathing space
- bush-league
- calm
- calmness
- capability
- capital
- care
- cartoon
- casework
- catholicon
- celebration
- cessation
- championship
- chance
- change
- changeling
- charge
- charity
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- citizenship
- clambake
- clemency
- cleverness
- clone
- coffee break
- collaboration
- collateral
- comfort
- comforting
- comforts
- commiseration
- community service
- commute
- compassion
- compensation
- complacency
- composure
- conciliation
- condolement
- condolence
- confidence
- connection
- consequential
- consolation
- consoling
- contentedness
- contentment
- contingency
- contingent
- contraption
- contribution
- contrivance
- control
- convenience
- cooling off
- cooperation
- copy
- copycat
- correction
- corrective
- counteractant
- counteraction
- counteractive
- counteragent
- countermeasure
- counterstep
- course
- courtesy
- coziness
- creation
- creature comforts
- curative
- cure
- cure-all
- curve
- cut
- cutoff
- dead ringer
- deadlock
- decency
- deferment
- delay
- delegate
- delight
- delineation
- deliverance
- delivery
- democracy
- dependent
- deputy
- dernier ressort
- device
- dinky
- direction
- discharge
- disembarrassment
- disengagement
- disentanglement
- disimprisonment
- dispensation
- disport
- dissipation
- distraction
- distribution
- ditto
- diversion
- divertissement
- division
- do one's part
- dole
- donation
- double
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- drug
- dummy
- duplicate
- ease
- easement
- effigy
- elixir
- emancipation
- encouragement
- endorsement
- endowment
- enfranchisement
- engraving
- enjoyment
- enlivening
- entertainment
- equal power
- equivalent
- event
- exception
- exculpation
- excuse
- exemption
- exercise
- exhilaration
- exoneration
- expediency
- expedient
- exploit
- extenuation
- extra
- extrication
- extriction
- facilitation
- facility
- facsimile
- fair shake
- fairing
- faith
- favor
- feast
- feat
- festivity
- field day
- fighting chance
- figuration
- figure
- figurine
- fill-in
- firmness
- fitness
- five
- fix
- fling
- floater
- food stamps
- forbearance
- forgiveness
- form
- fortitude
- fortuity
- fortune
- forty winks
- franchise
- free school lunch
- freedom
- freeing
- friendship
- frolic
- fulfillment
- fun
- fun and games
- fund
- furtherance
- gaiety
- game
- game plan
- generosity
- gentleness
- ghost
- ghost writer
- gift
- gifting
- giveaway
- giving
- gladness
- go
- godsend
- good deed
- good fortune
- good luck
- good time
- good turn
- good works
- goodie
- goodwill
- government aid
- government-provided services
- grace
- grant
- gratification
- gratuity
- grins
- guidance
- halt
- hand
- hand-me-down
- hand-out
- handiness
- handout
- happening
- happiness
- harmony
- help
- helpfulness
- helping hand
- heroics
- heroism
- hiatus
- high time
- hilarity
- hoard
- hobby
- holiday
- home rule
- honorarium
- hope
- hour
- humanity
- hush
- idleness
- illustration
- image
- immunity
- improvement
- impunity
- incentive
- incitement
- inconsiderable
- indemnification
- indemnity
- indulgence
- inferior
- influence
- ingenuity
- initiative
- insignificant
- inspiration
- inspiritment
- instruction
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- inventiveness
- invigoration
- iron in the fire
- jollity
- joy
- juncture
- justice
- keep
- kindliness
- knack
- knock-off
- lagniappe
- largesse
- laughs
- layoff
- layout
- leg up
- legacy
- leisure
- leisure activity
- lenience
- leniency
- lenity
- lesser
- let-off
- letup
- libation
- liberation
- liberty
- license
- life
- lifeboat
- lifesaver
- lift
- lightening
- lineament
- lines
- livelihood
- living
- living wage
- load off one's mind
- locum
- locum tenens
- look-alike
- loosening
- lots of laughs
- lower
- loyalty
- luck
- lull
- lump
- luxury
- maintenance
- makeshift
- manumission
- meal ticket
- means
- measure
- medicament
- medicant
- medicine
- mercy
- merriment
- merrymaking
- method
- mildness
- miniature
- ministration
- ministry
- minor
- minor-league
- mirth
- mite
- mitigation
- mock-up
- mode
- moderation
- modicum
- mollification
- moment
- moral support
- moratorium
- motionlessness
- nap
- necessities
- nest egg
- nostrum
- nutriment
- oblation
- occasion
- offering
- offertory
- offsetting
- old-age assistance
- one's move
- one's say
- one's turn
- opening
- openness
- opportuneness
- opportunity
- optimism
- opulence
- painting
- palliative
- panacea
- parcel
- pardon
- parole
- part
- participation
- party
- pass
- paste-up
- pastime
- patent medicine
- patronage
- pause
- payment
- peace
- peace of mind
- peacefulness
- performance
- petty
- pharmaceutical
- pharmacon
- philanthropy
- photograph
- physic
- pick-me-up
- picnic
- picture
- pill
- pinch-hitter
- pittance
- pity
- play
- playtime
- pleasure
- plenty
- poise
- portion
- portrait
- possibility
- postponement
- prayer
- premium
- prerogative
- present
- presentation
- pride
- privilege
- probability
- probation
- procurator
- promotion
- property
- propitiation
- protection
- protraction
- provision
- proxy
- public welfare
- quarter
- quick fix
- quick-wittedness
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- quittance
- quota
- R and R
- ransom
- ration
- reassurance
- reassuring
- rec
- receptiveness
- recess
- reclaiming
- reclamation
- reclining
- recompense
- recourse
- recovering
- recovery
- recreation
- rectification
- redemption
- redress
- reduction
- reestablishment
- reference
- reformation
- refreshment
- refuge
- regalement
- rehabilitation
- reimbursement
- reinforcement
- relaxation
- relay
- release
- relief
- relief payments
- relieving
- remedy
- remembrance
- remission
- remittance
- remodeling
- renewal
- repair
- reparation
- replacement
- repletion
- repose
- representation
- representative
- representative government
- reprieve
- reprisal
- requiescence
- requital
- rescue
- reserve
- resolution
- resort
- resource
- resourcefulness
- respite
- responsibility
- rest
- restfulness
- restitution
- restorative
- retribution
- return
- revelry
- revision
- reward
- reworking
- riches
- ringer
- rollick
- room
- run
- ruth
- salvage
- salvation
- satiety
- satisfaction
- saving
- scope
- second
- second-rate
- secours
- self-determination
- self-government
- serenity
- service
- serviceability
- settlement
- setup
- shape
- share
- shift
- shindig
- shot
- shot in the arm
- show
- siesta
- silence
- silhouette
- sketch
- skill
- sleep
- slumber
- small
- small-fry
- small-time
- snugness
- social welfare
- softening
- softheartedness
- solace
- solacing
- somnolence
- soother
- source
- souvenir
- sovereignty
- space
- spell
- spitting image
- sport
- spree
- spring
- squeak
- stab
- stalwart
- stand-in
- standby
- standstill
- statue
- statuette
- stay
- step
- stillness
- stimulation
- stimulus
- stock
- stockpile
- stop
- stopgap
- store
- stores
- stratagem
- sub
- subject
- subscription
- subservient
- subsidiary
- subsidy
- subsistence
- substance
- substitute
- substract
- subvention
- succedaneum
- successor
- succor
- sufficiency
- suitability
- suitableness
- supplanter
- supply
- support
- support services
- supporting
- surprise
- surrogate
- sustenance
- symbol
- sympathy
- system
- talent
- temp
- temporary
- temporary expedient
- ten
- tenderness
- the hunt
- the running
- therapy
- time
- time off
- time out
- time saver
- tip
- token
- tolerance
- tracing
- tranquility
- tranquillity
- treat
- treatment
- tributary
- tribute
- trifle
- trivial
- truce
- trust
- turn
- turnout
- under
- understudy
- unimportant
- upkeep
- urging
- use
- utility
- vacation
- vengeance
- vicar
- victuals
- vindication
- visual
- walkout
- warmth
- way
- wealth
- welfare
- welfare aid
- welfare payments
- welfare work
- well-being
- whack
- wherewithal
- wingding
- worth
- write-off
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