PALLIATIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • remedy that alleviates pain without curing
   Synonym(s)
   • alleviant (what does alleviant mean?)
   • alleviator (what does alleviator mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) palliative is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remedy (what does remedy mean?)
   • curative (what does curative mean?)
   • cure (what does cure mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • relieve (what does relieve mean?)
   • alleviate (what does alleviate mean?)
   • palliate (what does palliate mean?)
   • assuage (what does assuage mean?)
   • relieve (what does relieve mean?)
   • alleviate (what does alleviate mean?)
   • palliate (what does palliate mean?)
   • assuage (what does assuage mean?)

PALLIATIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
   Synonym(s)
   • alleviative (what does alleviative mean?)
   • alleviatory (what does alleviatory mean?)
   • lenitive (what does lenitive mean?)
   • mitigative (what does mitigative mean?)
   • mitigatory (what does mitigatory mean?)
   Similar To
   • moderating (what does moderating mean?)