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 Palliatives 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
16
Words with Friends
20

The word Palliative is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 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

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