easing

easing
Synonyms and related words:
abatement, abating, allaying, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, assuagement, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, calming, cathartic, chastening, clarification, cleansing, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, diminishing, diminishment, diminution, disburdening, disencumbering, disencumberment, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, emollient, expediting, expedition, facilitation, falling-off, hastening, hushing, laxation, leniency, lenitive, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling, mellowing, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, modulation, mollification, mollifying, numbing, pacification, padding, pain-killing, palliation, palliative, purgative, quickening, quietening, quieting, reducing, reduction, relaxation, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy, remission, salving, simplification, simplifying, slackening, smoothing, softening, softening-up, soothing, speeding, streamlining, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • easing — n. 1. a change for the better. Syn: moderation, relief. [WordNet 1.5] 2. the act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain. Syn: alleviation, relief. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • easing — index mitigating, mitigation, mollification, remedial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • easing — ease ease [iːz] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] if limits, rules, restrictions etc are eased, or someone eases them, they become less strict: • India is easing rules for joint ventures with foreign concerns. 2. [intransitive, transitive] if… …   Financial and business terms

  • Easing — Ease Ease ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased} ([=e]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • easing sparrow — ˈēz]ənz , ˈāz], ]zə̇n noun Etymology: English dialect easing eaves of a building + English sparrow dialect Britain : house sparrow …   Useful english dictionary

  • easing — n. lightening, lessening, abatement, reduction iːz n. comfort; calm; lack of difficulty; easy manner v. make easier; calm, soothe; free, release (from pain, etc.); loosen …   English contemporary dictionary

  • easing — gaines …   Anagrams dictionary

  • easing — ea·sing …   English syllables

  • easing — noun 1. a change for the better • Syn: ↑moderation, ↑relief • Derivationally related forms: ↑ease • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alteration, ↑modification …   Useful english dictionary

  • easing the pain — alleviating the suffering, lessening the discomfort …   English contemporary dictionary

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