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Reliever

🔄 Synonyms of "Reliever"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
relief pitchernoun	(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue.
firemannoun	(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
firemannoun	(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
relief pitchernoun	(baseball) A pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, ejection from the game or fatigue.
easernoun	A person or thing that eases or relieves
alleviative	That alleviates pain; palliative
remedynoun	A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
pain reliefnoun	(medicine) The alleviation of pain, typically by means of medication.
anodynenoun	(pharmacology) Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.
lenitivenoun	An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
palliative	(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
alleviantnoun	That which alleviates
dolorifugenoun	Something which mitigates or removes grief.
relaxative	Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.
palliationnoun	The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
antalgic	(medicine) alleviating pain
relaxantnoun	A drug or other agent that promotes relaxation.
relaxernoun	Any agent that produces relaxation.
ischureticnoun	(archaic) Relieving urinary retention
medicantnoun	A medication.
curative	Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
remedenoun	Alternative form of remeid. [(dialect) Remedy.]