Synonyms for palliatives
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pal-ee-ey-tiv, -ee-uh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl iˌeɪ tɪv, -i ə tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for palliatives Other synonyms for the word palliatives
- abatement
- absolution
- account
- acquittal
- advocacy
- alky
- allayment
- amelioration
- anodyne
- answer
- apologia
- appeasement
- assuagement
- break
- breather
- canned heat
- cheer
- cocktail
- comforting
- consolation
- contentment
- cosmetic
- cream
- curative
- cure
- defense
- deliverance
- demulcent
- diminished responsibility
- diversion
- drink
- ease
- easement
- embrocation
- ethanol
- exculpation
- exoneration
- explanation
- extenuation
- extenuative
- extrication
- firewater
- fix
- good point
- grounds
- hand
- happiness
- hard stuff
- help
- hootch
- idea
- intoxicant
- lenitive
- letup
- lift
- lightening
- liniment
- liquor
- load off one's mind
- maintenance
- medicine
- methanol
- mitigation
- mollification
- moonshine
- ointment
- palliation
- palliative
- partial excuse
- plea
- point of character
- preparation
- pretext
- qualification
- quick fix
- raison d'être
- rationale
- rationalization
- rebuttal
- red-eye
- redemption
- refreshment
- release
- relief
- remedy
- remission
- reply
- reprieve
- respite
- response
- rest
- restfulness
- restorative
- rotgut
- salvation
- salve
- salving
- sanctification
- satisfaction
- sauce
- smoke
- softening
- solace
- song and dance
- soother
- spirits
- story
- succor
- support
- sustenance
- tipple
- toddy
- unguent
- validation
- vindication
- warrant
- wash
- whatfor
- wherefore
- whitewashing
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
Définition of palliatives
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus "under cloak, covert," from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724.
- As in justification : noun reason, excuse
- As in lotion : noun creamy solution
- As in relief : noun remedy, aid; relaxation
- As in balm : noun something soothing
- As in mitigating circumstances : noun extenuating circumstances
- As in saving grace : noun redeeming feature
- As in alleviation : noun relief
- As in palliation : noun relief
- As in alcohol : noun intoxicating, flammable liquid
- Traverse left the room to prepare the palliatives for his patient.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- None of the excuses, or palliatives, were thought to be good.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- In my declining years I have sought the latter; hence my palliatives and my consolation.
- Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- My medicines are only palliatives; the real trouble is with his environment.
- Extract from : « Jack, the Young Ranchman » by George Bird Grinnell
- The congress has discovered no remedy, only palliatives for tuberculosis.
- Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty
- Palliatives she had made the most of; compensations she had been thankful for.
- Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens
- And nothing could be done beyond the palliatives he meant to allow himself.
- Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
- Nevertheless, in view of the tremendous population increases which must occur, these can be only palliatives.
- Extract from : « The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy » by Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- No palliatives; but all the stark wickedness, that actually gives the momentum to national actors.
- Extract from : « Res Judicat » by Augustine Birrell
- Cuckoldom is an accute case, it is quickly over; when it takes place, it admits of no remedy but palliatives.
- Extract from : « Three Hours after Marriage » by John Gay
Antonyms for palliatives
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