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,
  • comforting,
  • turnaround,
  • development,
  • boost,
  • self-improvement,
  • makeover,
  • leap,
  • upswing.
  •
  • cheer,
  • bombed-out,
  • aggressor,
  • belligerent,
  • Beleaguered,
  • contentment,
  • happiness.
  •
  • anesthesia,
  • diversion,
  • analgesia,
  • clothing,
  • aftercare,
  • food,
  • nursing,
  • drug,
  • acupressure,
  • acupuncture,
  • aromatherapy,
  • medicine,
  • change,
  • shelter,
  • anaesthesia,
  • reinforcement,
  • hypodermic,
  • variety.
  •
  • charitable,
  • projection,
  • alms,
  • cause,
  • donate,
  • configuration,
  • decoration.
  •
  • audit,
  • chargeable,
  • allowance,
  • 1099,
  • increase.
  •
  • ancillary,
  • cowboy,
  • apparatchik,
  • commuter,
  • auxiliary,
  • breadwinner.
  •aid (noun)
  • benefit,
  • avail,
  • facilitation,
  • support,
  • attendant,
  • agency,
  • help,
  • endowment,
  • Mothering,
  • sustenance,
  • motivation,
  • ministration,
  • service.
  •condolence (noun)
  • condolence,
  • sympathy,
  • commiseration.
  •cure-all (noun)
  • panacea.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • discharge,
  • privilege,
  • waiver,
  • exemption,
  • concession,
  • dismissal,
  • pardon,
  • excuse,
  • absolution,
  • license,
  • amnesty,
  • permission,
  • immunity,
  • stay,
  • exception,
  • reprieve,
  • 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.
  •relief (noun)
  • alleviation,
  • cure,
  • easement,
  • consolation,
  • appeasement,
  • assuagement.
  •remedy, aid; relaxation (noun)
  • deliverance,
  • extrication.
  •rescue (noun)
  • emancipation,
  • salvation.
  •sculpture (noun)
  • cameo,
  • figure,
  • bust,
  • bronze,
  • cast,
  • sculpture,
  • mannequin,
  • statue,
  • carving,
  • molding.

• v.

  •aid (verb)
  • maintenance.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Relief:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    alleviation.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    breaks.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    initiatives, reports, rescuers, safeguards, Measures, less, victims, EMS, exemption.
  • Noun, plural
    exclusions, responders, Paramedics, fabrics, exceptions, fittings, features, supplies, producers, routes, kits, mountains, units, rescuers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    succour, topography, decompression, Overpressure, rectification, ambulance, subvention, exemption, Concessionary, enlightenment.
  • Verb, past tense
    exonerated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Exempting.
  • Verb, past participle
    prescribed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    stays.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    assistance, aid, emergency, Emergencies.
  • Noun, plural
    Emergencies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    forgiveness, assistance, alleviation, aid, landform, exoneration, lightening, facilitation, reprieve, solace, emergency, lessening, write-off, commutation.
  • Verb, past participle
    excused.

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.

Hypernym for Relief:

• n.

  • state
    reprieve, respite.

Hyponym for Relief:

• n.

  • act
    freeing, welfare, Public Assistance, social welfare, liberation, release.
  • possession
    amends, redress, restitution, indemnity, damages, indemnification.
  • state
    comfort, comfortableness.