What are the opposite words for distress?
Distress means a state of great sorrow or pain. The antonyms for distress are happiness, comfort, and relief. Happiness is the opposite of distress. It is a feeling of joy and pleasure. Comfort refers to a state of physical ease and relaxation. It is the absence of discomfort and suffering. Relief is the feeling of being freed from pain, anxiety, and distress. It can be a result of receiving help, medication, or finding a solution to a problem. In summary, the antonyms of distress are positive emotions like happiness, physical and emotional comfort, and relief from suffering.
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relieve
- Dulling,
- dulls,
- de crease,
- de creased,
- de creases,
- de creasing,
- de-crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de-creasing,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- take load chest,
- take load mind,
- take load off chest,
- take load off one chest,
- take load off one mind,
- take load off one's mind,
- take load off ones mind,
- take load one chest,
- take load one mind,
- take load one's chest,
- take load one's mind,
- take load ones chest,
- take load ones mind,
- takes load chest,
- takes load mind,
- takes load off one chest,
- takes load off one mind,
- takes load off one's chest,
- takes load off one's mind,
- takes load off ones chest,
- takes load off ones mind,
- takes load one chest,
- takes load one's chest,
- takes load one's mind,
- taking load chest,
- taking load mind,
- taking load off chest,
- taking load off mind,
- taking load off one chest,
- taking load off one mind,
- taking load off one's chest,
- taking load off one's mind,
- taking load off ones chest,
- taking load off ones mind,
- taking load one chest,
- taking load one mind,
- taking load one's chest,
- taking load ones chest,
- taking load ones mind,
- took load chest,
- took load mind,
- took load off chest,
- took load off mind,
- took load off one chest,
- took load off one's chest,
- took load off ones mind,
- took load one chest,
- took load one mind,
- took load one's chest,
- took load ones chest,
- took load ones mind.
- calm
-
satisfy
- fill the bill,
- brighten up,
- be friend,
- be friended,
- be friending,
- be friends,
- be-friend,
- be-friended,
- be-friending,
- be-friends,
- brightened up,
- brightening up,
- brightens up,
- did the trick,
- did trick,
- didst the trick,
- didst trick,
- do the trick,
- do trick,
- does the trick,
- does trick,
- doest the trick,
- doeth the trick,
- doeth trick,
- doing the trick,
- doing trick,
- dost the trick,
- dost trick,
- doth the trick,
- doth trick,
- fill bill,
- filled bill,
- filled the bill,
- filling bill,
- filling the bill,
- fills bill,
- fills the bill,
- made grade,
- made the grade,
- make grade,
- makes grade,
- makes the grade,
- making grade,
- making the grade.
- amuse
-
soothe
- cool off,
- soothe,
- unburdened,
- Soothed,
- unburdens,
- unburdening,
- play up to,
- untroubling,
- patch things up,
- take the edge off,
- cooled off,
- cooling off,
- cools off,
- made nice,
- make nice,
- makes nice,
- making nice,
- patched things up,
- patches things up,
- patching things up,
- play to,
- played to,
- played up to,
- playing to,
- playing up to,
- plays to,
- plays up to,
- pour oil on,
- poured oil on,
- pouring oil on,
- pours oil on,
- smooth down,
- smoothed down,
- smoothing down,
- smooths down,
- take edge off,
- take sting out,
- take the sting out,
- takes edge off,
- takes sting out,
- takes the edge off,
- takes the sting out,
- taking edge off,
- taking sting out,
- taking the edge off,
- taking the sting out,
- took edge off,
- took sting out,
- took the edge off,
- took the sting out,
- un burden,
- un burdened,
- un burdening,
- un burdens,
- un trouble,
- un troubled,
- un troubles,
- un troubling,
- un-burden,
- un-burdened,
- un-burdening,
- un-burdens,
- un-trouble,
- un-troubled,
- un-troubles,
- un-troubling,
- untrouble,
- untroubles.
-
compose
- bang out,
- belong to,
- clef,
- ease up,
- fudge together,
- ghostwrite,
- hold in,
- placate,
- poetize,
- quell,
- scripted,
- simmer down,
- timed,
- timing,
- Poetized,
- Re-collect,
- Slackened,
- pacifies,
- relaxes,
- ghostwritten,
- ghostwrote,
- ghostwrites,
- slackens,
- COMP,
- COMPS,
- CLEFS,
- authored,
- scripting,
- authoring,
- ghosting,
- balming,
- balmed,
- note down,
- entering in,
- be made of,
- noted down,
- held in,
- put pen to paper,
- am adjunct,
- am an adjunct,
- am an element of,
- am element of,
- am made of,
- are adjunct,
- are an adjunct,
- are an element of,
- are element of,
- art adjunct,
- art an adjunct,
- art an element of,
- art made of,
- banged out,
- banging out,
- bangs out,
- be adjunct,
- be an adjunct,
- be an element of,
- be element of,
- being adjunct,
- being an adjunct,
- being an element of,
- being element of,
- being made of,
- belonged to,
- belongs to,
- cleffed,
- cleffing,
- coin a phrase,
- coin phrase,
- coined a phrase,
- coined phrase,
- coining a phrase,
- coining phrase,
- coins a phrase,
- coins phrase,
- comped,
- comping,
- de sign,
- de signed,
- de signing,
- de signs,
- de vise,
- de vised,
- de vising,
- de-sign,
- de-signed,
- de-signing,
- de-signs,
- de-vise,
- de-vised,
- de-vising,
- dis cover,
- dis covered,
- dis covering,
- dis covers,
- dis-cover,
- dis-covered,
- dis-covering,
- dis-covers,
- eased up,
- eases up,
- easing up,
- enter in,
- enters in,
- fudged together,
- fudges together,
- fudging together,
- go in to,
- holding in,
- holds in,
- in dite,
- in dites,
- in vent,
- in vented,
- in venting,
- in vents,
- in-vent,
- in-vented,
- in-venting,
- in-vents,
- is adjunct,
- is an adjunct,
- is an element of,
- is element of,
- is made of,
- merge in,
- merged in,
- merges in,
- merging in,
- notes down,
- noting down,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-duces,
- push pencil,
- pushed pencil,
- pushes pencil,
- pushing pencil,
- put pen paper,
- puts pen to paper,
- putting pen paper,
- putting pen to paper,
- re collect,
- re collected,
- re collecting,
- re collects,
- re lax,
- re press,
- re pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re solve,
- re solves,
- re strain,
- re strained,
- re straining,
- re strains,
- re-collected,
- re-collecting,
- re-collects,
- re-lax,
- re-press,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- re-solve,
- re-solved,
- re-solves,
- re-solving,
- re-strain,
- re-strained,
- re-straining,
- re-strains,
- set type,
- sets type,
- setting type,
- simmered down,
- simmering down,
- simmers down,
- tune down,
- tuned down,
- tunes down,
- tuning down,
- was element of,
- wast adjunct,
- wast an adjunct,
- wast an element of,
- wast element of,
- wast made of,
- were adjunct,
- were an adjunct,
- were an element of,
- were made of,
- wert adjunct,
- wert an adjunct,
- wert an element of,
- wert element of,
- wert made of.
-
pity
- feel for,
- take pity on,
- took pity on,
- feels for,
- takes pity on,
- feeling for,
- taking pity on,
- be sympathetic,
- am sorry for,
- am sympathetic,
- are sorry for,
- are sympathetic,
- art sorry for,
- art sympathetic,
- be sorry for,
- being sorry for,
- being sympathetic,
- bled for,
- bleed for,
- bleeding for,
- bleeds for,
- feel with,
- feeling with,
- feels with,
- felt with,
- give quarter,
- gives quarter,
- giving quarter,
- grant amnesty,
- granting amnesty,
- grieved with,
- grieves with,
- had compassion,
- had mercy on,
- haddest compassion,
- haddest mercy on,
- hadst compassion,
- hadst mercy on,
- has compassion,
- has mercy on,
- hast compassion,
- hath compassion,
- hath mercy on,
- have compassion,
- have mercy on,
- having compassion,
- having mercy on,
- is sorry for,
- is sympathetic,
- lament with,
- lamented with,
- lamenting with,
- laments with,
- put out misery,
- put out of misery,
- put out of one misery,
- put out of one's misery,
- put out of ones misery,
- put out one misery,
- put out one's misery,
- put out ones misery,
- puts out misery,
- puts out of misery,
- puts out of one misery,
- puts out of one's misery,
- puts out one misery,
- puts out one's misery,
- putting out misery,
- putting out of misery,
- putting out of one misery,
- putting out of one's misery,
- putting out one's misery,
- show forgiveness,
- show sympathy,
- showed forgiveness,
- showed sympathy,
- showing forgiveness,
- showing sympathy,
- shows forgiveness,
- shows sympathy,
- under stand,
- under standing,
- under stands,
- under stood,
- under-standing,
- under-stands,
- under-stood,
- was sorry for,
- wast sympathetic,
- weeping for,
- wept for,
- were sorry for,
- were sympathetic,
- wert sorry for,
- wert sympathetic.
-
elevate
- elevated,
- fetch up,
- jack up,
- lift up,
- perked up,
- shoot up,
- Ramped,
- Ramping,
- inspires,
- stilts,
- shooting up,
- ex cite,
- ex cited,
- ex cites,
- ex citing,
- ex-cite,
- ex-cited,
- ex-cites,
- fetched up,
- hiked up,
- hiking up,
- in crease,
- in creases,
- in creasing,
- in-crease,
- in-creased,
- in-creases,
- jacked up,
- lifted up,
- lifting up,
- lifts up,
- pyramidded,
- pyramidding,
- re fine,
- re fined,
- re fines,
- re-fine,
- re-fines,
- re-fining,
- shoots up,
- up grade,
- up graded,
- up grades,
- up grading,
- up lift,
- up lifted,
- up lifting,
- up lifts,
- up-graded,
- up-grades,
- up-grading,
- up-lift,
- up-lifted,
- up-lifting,
- up-lifts.
-
comfort
- sympathize,
- Remedied,
- Succored,
- Succoring,
- make well,
- made well,
- makes well,
- making well,
- commiserate with,
- commiserated with,
- commiserates with,
- commiserating with,
- grant respite,
- granted respite,
- granting respite,
- grants respite,
- in spirit,
- in spirited,
- in spiriting,
- in spirits,
- in-spirit,
- in-spirited,
- in-spiriting,
- in-spirits,
- lighten burden,
- lightened burden,
- lightening burden,
- lightens burden,
- put at ease,
- put ease,
- puts at ease,
- puts ease,
- putting at ease,
- putting ease,
- quiet fears,
- quieted fears,
- quieting fears,
- quiets fears,
- re animate,
- re animated,
- re animates,
- re animating,
- re assures,
- re fresh,
- re freshed,
- re freshes,
- re vitalize,
- re vitalized,
- re vitalizes,
- re vitalizing,
- re-animate,
- re-animated,
- re-animates,
- re-animating,
- re-fresh,
- re-freshed,
- re-freshes,
- re-vitalized,
- re-vitalizes,
- re-vitalizing,
- up held,
- up hold,
- up holding,
- up holds,
- up-held,
- up-hold,
- up-holding,
- up-holds,
- coziness,
- facility,
- plenty,
- relaxation,
- restfulness,
- snugness,
- warmth,
- wellbeing,
- Secours,
- bed roses,
- cozinesses,
- well being,
- re laxation,
- re laxations,
- re lief,
- re pose,
- re-laxation,
- re-laxations,
- re-lief,
- re-pose,
- restfulnesses,
- secour,
- snugnesses.
-
erect
- cobble up,
- prefabricate,
- prefabricated,
- throw together,
- upraise,
- run up,
- prefabricating,
- fit together,
- standing up,
- cobbled up,
- cobbles up,
- cobbling up,
- fits together,
- fitted together,
- fitting together,
- knocked together,
- knocking together,
- knocks together,
- pre fabricates,
- pre fabricating,
- pre-fabricate,
- pre-fabricated,
- pre-fabricates,
- pre-fabricating,
- prefabricates,
- ran up,
- running up,
- runs up,
- stands up,
- stood up,
- threw together,
- throwing together,
- throws together,
- up rear,
- up rearing,
- up rears,
- up-rear,
- up-reared,
- up-rearing,
- up-rears.
- lift up
-
roister
- kick one's heels,
- kick over the traces,
- make whoopee,
- kick one heels,
- kick ones heels,
- kick over traces,
- kick up one heels,
- kick up one's heels,
- kick up ones heels,
- kicked one heels,
- kicked one's heels,
- kicked ones heels,
- kicked over the traces,
- kicked over traces,
- kicked up one heels,
- kicked up ones heels,
- kicking one heels,
- kicking one's heels,
- kicking ones heels,
- kicking over traces,
- kicking up one heels,
- kicking up one's heels,
- kicking up ones heels,
- kicks one heels,
- kicks one's heels,
- kicks ones heels,
- kicks over the traces,
- kicks over traces,
- kicks up one heels,
- kicks up one's heels,
- kicks up ones heels,
- made whoopee,
- making whoopee,
- paint town red,
- painted the town red,
- painted town red,
- painting the town red,
- painting town red,
- paints the town red.
- still
-
tranquilize
- Unruffle,
- put at rest,
- put rest,
- puts at rest,
- puts rest,
- putting at rest,
- putting rest,
- settle nerves,
- settle one nerves,
- settle one's nerves,
- settle ones nerves,
- settled nerves,
- settled one nerves,
- settled one's nerves,
- settles nerves,
- settles one's nerves,
- settles ones nerves,
- settling nerves,
- settling one nerves,
- settling one's nerves,
- settling ones nerves,
- un ruffle,
- un ruffled,
- un ruffling,
- un-ruffle,
- un-ruffled,
- un-ruffles,
- un-ruffling,
- unruffles,
- unruffling.
- accommodate
- assure
- becalm
-
delight
- gratify,
- grooved,
- grooving,
- Arride,
- Delectate,
- Pleasured,
- Pleasuring,
- tickle pink,
- knock dead,
- am the ticket,
- am ticket,
- are the ticket,
- are ticket,
- arrided,
- arrides,
- arriding,
- art the ticket,
- art ticket,
- be the ticket,
- be ticket,
- being the ticket,
- being ticket,
- de light,
- de lighted,
- de lighting,
- de lights,
- de-light,
- de-lighted,
- de-lighting,
- de-lights,
- delectated,
- delectates,
- delectating,
- go over big,
- goes over big,
- going over big,
- hit spot,
- is the ticket,
- is ticket,
- knocked dead,
- knocking dead,
- knocks dead,
- tickle death,
- tickle to death,
- tickled death,
- tickled to death,
- tickles pink,
- tickles to death,
- tickling death,
- tickling pink,
- tickling to death,
- was the ticket,
- was ticket,
- wast the ticket,
- wast ticket,
- went over big,
- were the ticket,
- were ticket,
- wert the ticket,
- wert ticket.
- entertain
-
indulge
- live it up,
- pamper,
- take part,
- go in for,
- revel in,
- take care of,
- wallow in,
- taking part,
- all owed,
- all owing,
- all-owed,
- all-owing,
- bask in,
- basked in,
- basking in,
- basks in,
- ego tripped,
- ego tripping,
- gave rein to,
- give rein to,
- gives rein to,
- giving rein to,
- go easy on,
- goes easy on,
- goes in for,
- going easy on,
- going in for,
- live up,
- lived it up,
- lived up,
- lives it up,
- lives up,
- living it up,
- living up,
- looked out for number one,
- looking out for number one,
- reveling in,
- revelled in,
- revelling in,
- spoil rotten,
- spoiled rotten,
- spoiling rotten,
- spoils rotten,
- spoilt rotten,
- takes care of,
- takes part,
- taking care of,
- took care of,
- took part,
- wallowed in,
- wallowing in,
- wallows in,
- went easy on,
- went in for.
-
revel
- lap up,
- let loose,
- roister,
- step out,
- Larked,
- Larking,
- letting go,
- lets go,
- letting loose,
- blow off steam,
- blew off steam,
- blew steam,
- blow steam,
- blowing off steam,
- blowing steam,
- blows off steam,
- blows steam,
- go a spree,
- go on a spree,
- go spree,
- goes a spree,
- goes on a spree,
- goes on spree,
- goes spree,
- going a spree,
- going on a spree,
- going on spree,
- going spree,
- kick up heels,
- kicked heels,
- kicked up heels,
- kicking up heels,
- kicks heels,
- kicks up heels,
- lapped up,
- lapping up,
- laps up,
- letted go,
- paint the town,
- paint town,
- painted the town,
- painted town,
- painting the town,
- painting town,
- paints the town,
- paints town,
- ran around,
- running around,
- runs around,
- stepped out,
- steps out,
- went a spree,
- went on a spree,
- went on spree,
- went spree,
- whoop up,
- whooped it up,
- whooped up,
- whooping it up,
- whooping up,
- whoops it up,
- whoops up.
- settle
- solace
- sympathize
- upraise
- convince, relieve doubt
- be part of construction
- make happy; experience happiness
- worry, upset
- build; establish
- treat oneself or another to
-
feel sorry for; spare
- pity.
- make less painful; let up on
- take pleasure; celebrate
- please, content
- calm, relieve
- give comfort, peace
- make quiet, motionless, calm
- pat lengthwise
- make calm, quiet
- peace
- cheerfulness
- rest
-
presence
- omnipresence,
- self-command,
- ubiety,
- Inhabitance,
- levelheadedness,
- immediate circle,
- immediate circles,
- inhabitances,
- levelheadednesses,
- omnipresences,
- self assurance,
- self command,
- self commands,
- self composure,
- self composures,
- self possession,
- self-commands,
- self-composure,
- self-composures,
- selfassurance,
- selfcommand,
- selfcommands,
- selfcomposure,
- selfcomposures,
- selfpossession.
- cheer
-
inactivity
- rest.
- mirth
- happiness
- good feeling; ease
- hardship, adversity
- pain, agony
- great joy
- harmony, agreement
- occupancy, attendance
-
Other relevant words
- appease,
- assuage,
- assure,
- conciliate,
- disarm,
- elate,
- elevate,
- enrapture,
- exhilarate,
- gladden,
- gratify,
- intoxicate,
- mollify,
- pacify,
- placate,
- please,
- propitiate,
- reassure,
- rejoice,
- satisfy,
- serve,
- soothe,
- sympathize with,
- alleviation,
- assuagement,
- defense,
- ease,
- exemption,
- immunity,
- impunity,
- invulnerability,
- preservation,
- salvation,
- secureness,
- well-being,
- happy.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most elbow-to-elbow
- Antonyms:
- deserted, empty, imprecise.
