reliever
reliever noun: something which relieves (pain, etc.).
Noun
reliever (plural relievers)
- Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.
- A relief pitcher.
- The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.
- Someone who fills in for another.
- I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
- A 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
reliever meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Odia
reliever in Tamil
- பணிமாற்றாள், பதிலாள், விடுவிப்பாளர்
reliever in Urdu
- راحت دینے والا
reliever in Bengali
- উপশমকারী
reliever in Odia
- ରିଲିଭର
More languagesFewer languages
- reliever in Nepali
- रिलीभर
Examples of reliever in a sentence
- Three Mariners relievers have an ERA less than 2.00.
- The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.
- Among the most frequent offenders are antidepressants and antianxiety drugs, blood pressure medications and opioid pain relievers.
Forms of reliever
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Origin of reliever
From relieve + -er.
Words that rhyme with reliever
Questions about reliever
- What does reliever mean?
- Reliever means something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- What is reliever in Tamil?
- Reliever in Tamil is பணிமாற்றாள், பதிலாள், விடுவிப்பாளர். See Reliever meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is reliever?
- Reliever is a noun.
- What is the plural of reliever?
- The plural of reliever is relievers.
Words near reliever in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reliever (page history and authors); reliever (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reliever (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reliever (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reliever (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reliever (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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