Overview of verb relieve

The verb relieve has 11 senses

• relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage -- (provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches")


• take over, relieve -- (free someone temporarily from his or her obligations)


• exempt, relieve, free -- (grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam")


• still, allay, relieve, ease -- (lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears")


• salvage, salve, relieve, save -- (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)


• unbosom, relieve -- (relieve oneself of troubling information)


• remedy, relieve -- (provide relief for; "remedy his illness")


• relieve -- (free from a burden, evil, or distress)


• relieve -- (take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100")


• excuse, relieve, let off, exempt -- (grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class")


• relieve, lighten -- (alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents")

Overview of adj relieved

The adj relieved has 2 senses

• alleviated, eased, relieved -- ((of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear)


• jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out -- (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck")