Alleviate and Treat

Alleviate

Alleviate verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

Treat and alleviate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Treat" instead a verb "Alleviate".

Nearby Words: alleviation, alleviating

Treat

Treat verb - To behave toward in a stated way.

Alleviate and treat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alleviate" instead a verb "Treat".

Nearby Words: treatment, treated, treating, treatable

Common collocations

illness alleviate illness treat illness
situation alleviate situation treat situation
pain alleviate pain treat pain
humans alleviate humans treat humans
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