Definition for Relief:

• r[= e]- l[= e]f', n. the removal of any evil: release from a post or duty, replacement: one who replaces another: that which relieves or mitigates: aid: assistance to a pauper, as outdoor relief: a certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant at the death of the ancestor: ( fine art) the projection of a sculptured design from its ground, as low relief ( bas-relief, basso-rilievo), middle relief ( mezzo-rilievo), and high relief ( alto-rilievo), according as the carved figures project very little, in a moderate degree, or in a very considerable degree from the background: a work of art executed in relief: ( her.) the supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides: the condition of land surfaces as regards elevations and depressions-- as indicated in a RELIEF'- MAP, in which the form of the country is expressed by elevations and depressions of the material used.-- ns. RELIEF'- PERSPEC'TIVE, the art of applying the principles of perspective to relief in painting and sculpture, in theatrical settings, & c.; RELIEF'- WORK, public work to provide employment for the poor in times of distress.-- RELIEF CHURCH, a body who left the Established Church of Scotland on account of the oppressive exercise of patronage, organised in 1761, uniting with the United Secession Church in 1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church. [ O. Fr. relef-- relever, to raise up-- L. re-, again, lev[= a]re, to raise.]

Synonyms for Relief:

• n.

  •
  • improvement,
  • self-improvement,
  • development,
  • boost,
  • remission,
  • comforting,
  • turnaround,
  • upswing,
  • leap,
  • makeover.
  •
  • contentment,
  • aggressor,
  • happiness,
  • belligerent,
  • bombed-out,
  • cheer,
  • satisfaction,
  • Beleaguered.
  •
  • anesthesia,
  • change,
  • diversion,
  • acupressure,
  • acupuncture,
  • aromatherapy,
  • medicine,
  • anaesthesia,
  • hypodermic,
  • nursing,
  • drug,
  • reinforcement,
  • food,
  • variety,
  • redress,
  • aftercare,
  • balm,
  • analgesia,
  • shelter,
  • clothing.
  •
  • charitable,
  • donate,
  • contour,
  • cause,
  • alms,
  • configuration,
  • decoration,
  • charity,
  • projection.
  •
  • hand,
  • social security,
  • abetment,
  • assist.
  •
  • allowance,
  • palliation,
  • 1099,
  • increase,
  • audit,
  • chargeable.
  •
  • breadwinner,
  • dole,
  • auxiliary,
  • ancillary,
  • cowboy,
  • Public Assistance,
  • handout,
  • apparatchik,
  • commuter,
  • welfare.
  •
  • counterpart,
  • associate,
  • junior,
  • co-worker,
  • workmate,
  • colleague,
  • subordinate,
  • superior.
  •aid (noun)
  • attendant,
  • support,
  • help,
  • facilitation,
  • endowment,
  • avail,
  • ministration,
  • encouragement,
  • sustenance,
  • service,
  • motivation,
  • Mothering,
  • aid,
  • benefit,
  • agency,
  • assistance.
  •assist (noun)
  • facilitation.
  •condolence (noun)
  • reassurance,
  • sympathy,
  • commiseration,
  • condolence.
  •cure-all (noun)
  • panacea.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • dismissal,
  • exception,
  • exemption,
  • absolution,
  • amnesty,
  • waiver,
  • license,
  • concession,
  • liberty,
  • pardon,
  • freedom,
  • privilege,
  • immunity,
  • reprieve,
  • permission,
  • stay,
  • dispensation,
  • discharge,
  • release,
  • excuse.
  •freedom (noun)
  • liberty.
  •gift (noun)
  • donation.
  •happiness (noun)
  • euphoria,
  • delight,
  • jollity,
  • ecstasy,
  • pleasure,
  • elation,
  • joy,
  • nirvana.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • rest.
  •interruption (noun)
  • hitch,
  • hiatus,
  • interruption,
  • snag,
  • delay,
  • break,
  • interval,
  • interlude,
  • suspension,
  • stoppage,
  • postponement,
  • pause,
  • recess.
  •model (noun)
  • figurine,
  • statuette.
  •opportunity (noun)
  • leisure.
  •relief (noun)
  • consolation,
  • moderation,
  • backup man,
  • relievo,
  • remedy,
  • rilievo,
  • easement,
  • mildness,
  • appeasement,
  • ease,
  • substitute,
  • sculptural relief,
  • assuagement,
  • cure,
  • mercy,
  • alleviation,
  • respite,
  • solace,
  • reliever,
  • easing,
  • backup,
  • rest,
  • comfort,
  • succor,
  • succour,
  • embossment,
  • ministration,
  • rest period.
  •remedy, aid; relaxation (noun)
  • respite,
  • amelioration,
  • contentment,
  • support,
  • Allayment,
  • ease,
  • succor,
  • assuagement,
  • comforting,
  • lightening,
  • softening,
  • lift,
  • happiness,
  • easement,
  • mollification,
  • release,
  • assistance,
  • hand,
  • palliative,
  • letup,
  • quick fix,
  • breather,
  • extrication,
  • remission,
  • alleviation,
  • rest,
  • restfulness,
  • satisfaction,
  • help,
  • appeasement,
  • diversion,
  • cheer,
  • fix,
  • maintenance,
  • load off one's mind,
  • balm,
  • sustenance,
  • refreshment,
  • reprieve,
  • deliverance,
  • mitigation,
  • consolation,
  • break,
  • abatement,
  • cure,
  • comfort,
  • solace.
  •rescue (noun)
  • emancipation,
  • extrication,
  • deliverance,
  • salvation,
  • rescue.
  •rest (noun)
  • time off.
  •sculpture (noun)
  • cameo,
  • bust,
  • figure,
  • carving,
  • bronze,
  • statue,
  • molding,
  • mannequin,
  • cast,
  • sculpture,
  • figurine.
  •standby (noun)
  • replacement.
  •state (noun)
  • ease.
  •substitute (noun)
  • standby,
  • changeling,
  • substitute,
  • locum,
  • vicar,
  • locum tenens,
  • succedaneum,
  • supplanter.
  •support (noun)
  • support.

• v.

  •aid (verb)
  • maintenance,
  • welfare.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • resort,
  • palliation,
  • balm,
  • social security,
  • Public Assistance,
  • gift,
  • unemployment compensation,
  • counterpart,
  • co-worker,
  • abetment,
  • workmate,
  • predecessor,
  • remission,
  • colleague,
  • unemployment.
  •
  • convenience,
  • kindness,
  • appropriation,
  • subordinate,
  • satisfaction.
  •
  • social,
  • welfare,
  • handout,
  • model.
  •
  • hand,
  • superior,
  • associate.
  •
  • junior.
  •charity
  • alms,
  • dole.
  •correction
  • redress.
  •reserve
  • resource.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dole,
  • remission,
  • indirect,
  • reserve forces,
  • advantage,
  • standby,
  • grant-in-aid,
  • acupressure,
  • guaranteed income,
  • diversion,
  • quittance,
  • embossment,
  • specific,
  • holiday,
  • Whittling,
  • cause,
  • elation,
  • ancillary,
  • anodyne,
  • modeling,
  • depletion allowance,
  • Remitting,
  • nirvana,
  • humanity,
  • profile,
  • eminence,
  • pedestal,
  • Protuberancy,
  • entertain,
  • bombed-out,
  • untaxing,
  • makeshift,
  • relax,
  • pension,
  • delineation,
  • ceramic,
  • good offices,
  • eternal sleep,
  • sign,
  • Tournure,
  • rilievo,
  • incidental,
  • safety valve,
  • renewal,
  • entertainment,
  • bassorilievo,
  • lineaments,
  • soothing,
  • sculptured,
  • extricate,
  • favour,
  • disentangle,
  • reserves,
  • restoration,
  • healing agent,
  • imitation,
  • compassion,
  • forbid,
  • restorative,
  • prevent,
  • sculptor,
  • leap,
  • embossed,
  • Beleaguered,
  • AID AND COMFORT,
  • elixir,
  • balm,
  • mitigate,
  • publish,
  • analgesia,
  • plinth,
  • proclaim,
  • opening,
  • cover,
  • Soother,
  • rest period,
  • decoration,
  • unemployment compensation,
  • Allayment,
  • be free,
  • lift,
  • superseder,
  • blackout,
  • computer backup,
  • speak out,
  • high relief,
  • pleasure,
  • Condoning,
  • social security,
  • alternate,
  • show up,
  • reduce,
  • relief pitcher,
  • State Medicine,
  • casting,
  • express,
  • elevation,
  • bounty,
  • feeling,
  • food,
  • alternative,
  • glyph,
  • patronage,
  • assist,
  • expose,
  • unbending,
  • exhibit,
  • stipend,
  • load off one's mind,
  • euphoria,
  • surrogate,
  • forgive,
  • largesse,
  • palliation,
  • bout,
  • vent,
  • stand-by,
  • model,
  • favor,
  • phallus,
  • repress,
  • forbear,
  • unyielding,
  • gestalt,
  • Ceroplastic,
  • assuage,
  • exit,
  • intermittence,
  • bring forth,
  • intermezzo,
  • relay,
  • comforting,
  • monumental sculpture,
  • gibbosity,
  • resort,
  • hand,
  • leisure,
  • anaesthesia,
  • deadening,
  • ecstasy,
  • amusement,
  • happiness,
  • quietus,
  • subvention,
  • obdurate,
  • moderation,
  • aggressor,
  • analeptic,
  • stiff,
  • health insurance,
  • marble,
  • succedaneum,
  • clemency,
  • cheer,
  • fun,
  • egress,
  • engraving,
  • unlading,
  • benevolence,
  • ghostwriter,
  • draw out,
  • utility player,
  • soothe,
  • Plaquette,
  • emollient,
  • easing,
  • accommodation,
  • residuum,
  • clay sculpture,
  • innings,
  • counterfeit,
  • stopping,
  • welfare state,
  • locum,
  • boss,
  • price support,
  • metonymy,
  • commuter,
  • disburdening,
  • informality,
  • narcotic,
  • disembarrassment,
  • time,
  • disburden,
  • frieze,
  • ransomed,
  • simpleness,
  • redress,
  • features,
  • palliative,
  • bellying,
  • lay open,
  • tax benefit,
  • silhouette,
  • metaphor,
  • interregnum,
  • coffee break,
  • exchange,
  • abetment,
  • lighten,
  • opportunity,
  • contingents,
  • philanthropy,
  • lightening,
  • trot out,
  • development,
  • subsidization,
  • gibbousness,
  • display,
  • redemption,
  • accompaniment,
  • chargeable,
  • bring out,
  • joy,
  • quick fix,
  • offices,
  • simplicity,
  • auxiliary,
  • supplanter,
  • exoneration,
  • spell,
  • alterative,
  • cease,
  • off-time,
  • spare,
  • residual,
  • numbing,
  • derivative,
  • moderateness,
  • Regalement,
  • anaglyph,
  • delight,
  • blunt,
  • old-age insurance,
  • inflexible,
  • solacement,
  • subordinate,
  • slumber,
  • whack,
  • unbend,
  • recruits,
  • turn,
  • reinforcement,
  • avoid,
  • indemnity,
  • balance,
  • escape hatch,
  • social welfare,
  • replacement,
  • downtime,
  • bring into view,
  • lullaby,
  • pity,
  • liberation,
  • social,
  • predecessor,
  • hesitation,
  • salience,
  • inferior,
  • copy,
  • Auxiliaries,
  • allowance,
  • sickness insurance,
  • bracing,
  • easiness,
  • office,
  • counterpart,
  • enjoyment,
  • delegate,
  • Glyptic,
  • 1099,
  • disturb,
  • substitution,
  • vacation,
  • kindness,
  • welfare,
  • ringer,
  • Anaglyptography,
  • Parian,
  • co-worker,
  • low relief,
  • ease up,
  • alms,
  • intaglio,
  • rest,
  • relievo,
  • uncompromising,
  • lull,
  • Reinforcements,
  • welfare payments,
  • abstain,
  • phallic,
  • restfulness,
  • round,
  • deaden,
  • let-up,
  • succor,
  • Pardoning,
  • therapy,
  • reduction,
  • revival,
  • imprint,
  • upswing,
  • contour,
  • corrective,
  • breather,
  • pathos,
  • reliever,
  • shelter,
  • jollity,
  • prescription,
  • Embossing,
  • outspoken,
  • protection,
  • recuperation,
  • bas relief,
  • Ceroplastics,
  • comparison,
  • equal,
  • relaxation,
  • hypodermic,
  • acquittal,
  • leniency,
  • medicine,
  • show one's face,
  • succors,
  • Stonecutting,
  • raised,
  • restitution,
  • breadwinner,
  • allotment,
  • appropriation,
  • Sculpturing,
  • vice president,
  • synecdoche,
  • salve,
  • backup,
  • free oneself,
  • contentment,
  • second-stringer,
  • mollification,
  • assurance,
  • protrusion,
  • tranquilize,
  • ruth,
  • locum tenens,
  • superior,
  • agent,
  • improvement,
  • clothing,
  • repose,
  • fix,
  • Public Assistance,
  • abate,
  • quarter,
  • configuration,
  • cameo glass,
  • subsidy,
  • excrescence,
  • annuity,
  • amends,
  • minor,
  • symbol,
  • distract,
  • contrast,
  • bring to light,
  • changing,
  • SPARES,
  • substitute,
  • figuration,
  • medal,
  • balsam,
  • inning,
  • ersatz,
  • exonerate,
  • increase,
  • analogy,
  • sub,
  • resource,
  • panacea,
  • liberalisation,
  • repair,
  • pastime,
  • statuary,
  • recreation,
  • letup,
  • recovering,
  • ghost,
  • temperance,
  • comforter,
  • reaction,
  • founding,
  • welfare aid,
  • boldness,
  • set forth,
  • self-improvement,
  • time off,
  • slackening,
  • forbearance,
  • handout,
  • receipt,
  • cowboy,
  • show,
  • give notice,
  • letterpress,
  • mitigation,
  • eternal rest,
  • divert,
  • allayer,
  • boost,
  • alimony,
  • extinguish,
  • alternating,
  • token,
  • framework,
  • Cavo-rilievo,
  • welfare capitalism,
  • relieve,
  • drug,
  • aftercare,
  • Substituent,
  • liberalization,
  • anaglyptic,
  • double,
  • protuberance,
  • Exonerating,
  • bait,
  • associate,
  • vice-regent,
  • candid,
  • comic relief,
  • belligerent,
  • represent,
  • softening,
  • recovery,
  • sincere,
  • public welfare,
  • ease,
  • in relief,
  • LINEs,
  • forthright,
  • starting point,
  • backing,
  • fall,
  • fake,
  • contribution,
  • outline,
  • succour,
  • produce,
  • untangle,
  • projection,
  • representative,
  • architectural sculpture,
  • chance,
  • grant,
  • diminution,
  • appease,
  • fill-in,
  • unemployment insurance,
  • reassure,
  • social insurance,
  • bloated,
  • leg up,
  • sport,
  • interim,
  • charity,
  • unravel,
  • extrusion,
  • junior,
  • abatement,
  • skeleton,
  • remainder,
  • escape,
  • Xanthian,
  • say,
  • fireman,
  • way out,
  • donation,
  • bulging,
  • opiate,
  • vicar,
  • shun,
  • place,
  • reserve,
  • sculptural relief,
  • lulling,
  • subdue,
  • makeover,
  • acupuncture,
  • unloading,
  • mask,
  • capital,
  • wood carving,
  • stand-in,
  • donate,
  • fellowship,
  • placidity,
  • intermission,
  • personnel,
  • shapes,
  • plateau,
  • apparatchik,
  • proxy,
  • surcease,
  • Repousse,
  • self-pity,
  • audit,
  • statuette,
  • welfarism,
  • Excrescency,
  • bring forward,
  • turnaround,
  • secondary,
  • financial assistance,
  • medallion,
  • satisfaction,
  • head,
  • charitable,
  • altorilievo,
  • nursing,
  • deputy,
  • tuberosity,
  • grace,
  • phony,
  • forgiveness,
  • lower,
  • unburdening,
  • refection,
  • colleague,
  • refreshment,
  • derange,
  • Refocillation,
  • main features,
  • dummy,
  • loophole,
  • championship,
  • Anaglyptics,
  • outlet,
  • expanded,
  • convenience,
  • welfare statism,
  • anesthesia,
  • prominence,
  • Socialized Medicine,
  • amelioration,
  • backup man,
  • changeling,
  • ministry,
  • change,
  • residue,
  • cessation,
  • workmate,
  • befriend,
  • plastic art,
  • gift,
  • tranquillizer,
  • rigid,
  • equivalent,
  • scholarship,
  • pacify,
  • play,
  • Chasing,
  • stone sculpture,
  • destroy,
  • retirement benefits,
  • Ceasing,
  • variety,
  • sleep,
  • liberate,
  • salient,
  • emancipate,
  • maintenance,
  • recipe,
  • group,
  • aromatherapy,
  • understudy,
  • carve,
  • anticipate,
  • demonstrate,
  • unroll,
  • unemployment,
  • weakening,
  • Deus Ex Machina,
  • palliate,
  • benefaction,
  • distraction,
  • lessening.

Antonyms for Relief:

• n.

  • remedy, aid; relaxation
    continuation, check, hurt, damage, annoyance, unhappiness, sadness, pain, hindrance, stop, injury.
  • Other antonyms:
    heartache, smart, discomfort, cold comfort, misery, tingle, sting, unrest, heartbreak, stitch.

Homophones for Relief:

• real life, rauwolfia, relievo, reel off, rail off, roll up, rolf, rilievo, relieve, roll off, relive.