Definitions For Palliative
noun
- Remedy that alleviates pain without curing
adjective
- Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
verb
- Something that reduces the effects or symptoms of a medical condition without curing it
- Something that is intended to make a bad situation seem better but that does not really improve the situation
Is Palliative a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
19
The word Palliative is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Palliative in a Sentence
- The disease has no cure, but a number of palliatives exist.
- Travel is like a palliative against depression for him.
- Symbolic palliatives for inner-city troubles