palliative
adjectiveHow many syllables in palliative?
There are 4 syllables in the word palliative.How to pronounce palliative:
Definition of palliative:
- palliative (adjective):
- serving to palliate
- moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
Synonyms for palliative:
alleviative
beneficial
benign
curative
harmless
healthful
healthy
helpful
innocuous
lenitive
mitigative
mitigatory
moderating
nonpoisonous
nontoxic
remedial
salubrious
salutary
wholesome
Antonyms for palliative:
disruptive
irritating
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- unacquainted
- onychia
- indigestion
- everyway
- salubrious
- redhibition
- officious
- apparatus
- wisteria
- triceratops
- monocracy
- acrophobic
- invigilate
- etatism
- susurration
- fuliginous
- contemptuous
- requisitioned
- modillion
- uncleanliness
- perseverant
- satisfier
- camarilla
- submissible
- dedicated
- Alejandra
- reality
- incredulous
- Adriana
- insomniac
- varicocele
- alacrity
- overfasting
- expedition
- Aditya
- sedentary
- obliquely
- Ariadne
- binocular
- commodity
- loquacious
- concentration
- nonflammable
- enunciate
- dysentery
- prioritize
- candidature
- parenthesis
- spontaneity
- pentameter
- … more
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