Relief and Subordinate

Relief

Relief noun - A feeling of ease from grief or trouble.

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Subordinate and relief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Relief".

Nearby Words: relieve, relieving

Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

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Relief and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Relief" instead an adjective "Subordinate".

good	good relief	good subordinate
best	best relief	best subordinate
male	male relief	male subordinate
former	former relief	former subordinate
Other adjectives: dumb, official, primary, competent.

The subordinate tells him he's not a "pussy relief worker", and he's paid to kill.

Source: Video Game / Far Cry 3
Xykon spends much of his time as borderline comic relief: much of his villainy appears to be of the card carrying variety, and many of his interactions with his supposed subordinate Redcloak imply that the latter is the far more intelligent of the two.

Source: Beware the Silly Ones

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