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reliever
re·liev·er R0140450 (rĭ-lē′vər)n.1. One that provides relief.2. Baseball A relief pitcher.reliever (rɪˈliːvə) n (Baseball) baseball another name for relief pitcherThesaurusNoun | 1. | reliever - someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"backup man, fill-in, stand-in, backup, substitute, reliefcompeer, equal, peer, match - a person who is of equal standing with another in a grouplocum, locum tenens - someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same professionstunt man, stunt woman, double - a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"alternate, surrogate, replacement - someone who takes the place of another person | | 2. | reliever - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"allayer, comforterindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" | | 3. | reliever - a pitcher who does not start the gamerelief pitcher, firemanfinisher, closer - (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the gamehurler, pitcher, twirler - (baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm" |
relievernounA person who helps:abettor, aid, attendant, help, helper, succorer. EncyclopediaSeeRelieveMedicalSeerelievereliever
Synonyms for relievernoun a person who helpsSynonyms- abettor
- aid
- attendant
- help
- helper
- succorer
Synonyms for relievernoun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)Synonyms- backup man
- fill-in
- stand-in
- backup
- substitute
- relief
Related Words- compeer
- equal
- peer
- match
- locum
- locum tenens
- stunt man
- stunt woman
- double
- alternate
- surrogate
- replacement
noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifiesSynonymsRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
noun a pitcher who does not start the gameSynonymsRelated Words- finisher
- closer
- hurler
- pitcher
- twirler
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