Meanings
plural relievers
- medicineSomething which relieves (pain, etc.).
Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.
- Someone who fills in for another.
I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
- datedslangA garment kept for being lent out.
Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.
1929, Maine. Legislature, Legislative Record, page 1033
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
nouna person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Spanish relevador, relevante
- relevadorsomeone who fill in for another
- relevantesomeone who fill in for another
- revezadorsomeone who fill in for another
- revezantesomeone who fill in for another
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reliever
Cite this entry
reliever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reliever
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