RELIEVER Synonyms

• an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device

• the act of providing approval and support

• a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

• a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• device used for an infant to suck or bite on

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• play in which children pretend to put out a fire

• a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

• a pitcher who does not start the game

• a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires

• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

• the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

• (law) redress awarded by a court

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• assistance in time of difficulty

• a pause for relaxation

• a change for the better

• aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

• the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• a pitcher who does not start the game