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Thoroughoing .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Unrelieved ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Origin of RELIEVE.............................................................................................................................. 4
Related to RELIEVE ........................................................................................................................... 4
Unmitigated ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Unvarying ................................................................................................................................................ 5
To suppress.............................................................................................................................................. 6
To belie .................................................................................................................................................... 8

Thoroughoing

1having no exceptions or restrictions

civil rights advocates are hoping for a thoroughgoing rejection of the proposed bill

Synonyms absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern &
Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, crashing, damn, damned, dead,
deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb,
profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, total, unadulterated,
unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very

Related Words authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual,
undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate;
extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific

Near Antonyms doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain

2trying all possibilities

a thoroughgoing attempt to solve the puzzle and still no luck

Synonyms all-out, clean, complete, comprehensive, exhaustive, full-scale, out-and-out, thorough,

total

Related Words broad, extensive, far-reaching, in-depth, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging; general,
global, inclusive, methodical (also methodic), systematic; no-holds-barred, unhampered,
unrestrained

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Near Antonyms aimless, desultory, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random; cursory, shallow, slipshod,
superficial; limited, narrow, restricted

: marked by thoroughness or zeal : going the full length : THOROUGH, EXTREME<the

most thoroughgoing democrat of his generation — V. L. Parrington><reconstruction will
require thoroughgoing cooperation between industry and labor — F. D. Roosevelt>
thor·ough·go·ing·ly adverb
thor·ough·go·ing·ness noun, plural -es

Unrelieved
: not relieved
a grim story unrelieved by humor
: such as
a
: not given relief : furnished no assistance, remedy, or mitigation
chronic, unrelieved stress/pain
unrelieved poverty
b
: not including anything that provides a desirable
change : MONOTONOUS, UNVARYING
Across that endless, unrelieved grassland came a tumultuous
rainstorm … James Michener
—

unrelievedly
ˌən-ri-ˈlē-vəd-lē
adverb
If the past several paragraphs have sounded
too unrelievedly negative, I hasten to make partial amends. Karen —

Morin

: not given relief : furnished no assistance, remedy, or mitigation<drudgery was unrelieved by labor-
saving devices — American Guide Series: Indiana>
2: having or likened to a flat unbroken surface without heights or depths or without lights or
shadows : lacking diversity, alternation, or chiaroscuro : MONOTONOUS, UNVARYING<gowns …
of unrelieved black — Victoria Sackville-West><an unrelieved slum — Gus Tyler><simple pity that such a
career should end in unrelieved banality — L. B. Gowing>

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un·relievedly
adverb

: not relieved<a grim story unrelieved by humor>: such as

a: not given relief : furnished no assistance, remedy, or
mitigation<chronic, unrelieved stress/pain><unrelieved poverty>
b: not including anything that provides a desirable change : MONOTONOUS, UNVARYING<Across that
endless, unrelieved grassland came a tumultuous rainstorm … — James Michener>
un·re·liev·ed·ly \ ˌən-ri-ˈlē-vəd-lē
\ adverb
<If the past several paragraphs have sounded too unrelievedly negative, I hasten to
make partial amends. — Karen Morin>

transitive verb
1: to free from a burden, evil, pain, or distress : give ease, comfort, or consolation to<knowing the truth
will relieve anxious parents>: give aid, help, or succor to : RESCUE, DELIVER<relieve a besieged city><a
society for relieving the poor>

2a: to bring about the removal or alleviation of : make less burdensome or

afflicting : MITIGATE, LESSEN, ALLEVIATE<strenuous efforts to relieve the food shortage><frequently smokes
to relieve nervous tension><no words can relieve her sorrow>

b: to remove something from the possession of : ROB, DEPRIVE<crooks … eager to relieve the Texas cowboys
of their pay — E. V. Buckholder>

3a: to release from a post, station, or duty<asked to be relieved of command of the army><he
was relieved of further responsibility for the program>

b: to take the place of : take over from<sent to relieve the gate sentry>: SUCCEED<tulips bloom … to
be relieved by roses when their time is up — E. O. Hauser><relieved the operator for lunch and a smoke>

4: to set free from an obligation, condition, or restriction

5: to acquire or take (a feudal estate) by paying or rendering a relief

6: to ease of an imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition : RIGHT<a

zoning law cannot constitutionally relieve land … from lawful restrictions affecting its use, imposed by
convenants — American Jurisprudence>

7: to remove or lessen the monotony of by contrast or variety<brown hills relieved by patches of green>

8a: to give prominence or conspicuousness to : set off by contrast : give sharp outline to<her tall
figure relieved against the blue sky — Sir Walter Scott>

b: to raise (as figures, letters) in relief

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9: to supply with food, munitions, stores<relieve a lighthouse by ship><relieve an arctic weather station>

10a: to furnish (as a cutting tool) with a relief angle

b: to free from tightness in relative movement

c: to cut away a small amount of material from a part of (a machine) to obtain clearance

11: to empty the bladder or bowels of (oneself)<children are likely to relieve themselves on any
street — Time>

intransitive verb
1: to bring or give relief

2: to stand out in relief

3: to clear one from a legal obligation, condition, or restriction<a relieving clause>

Origin of RELIEVE
Middle English releven, from Middle French relever to lift up, raise, relieve, from Latin relevare,
from re- + levare to raise — more at LEVER

First Known Use: 14th century (transitive sense 1)

Related to RELIEVE
Synonym Discussion ALLEVIATE, LIGHTEN, ASSUAGE, MITIGATE, ALLAY: RELIEVE indicates a lifting,
perhaps temporary, of a burden, pain, or anxiety, so that it is no longer quite oppressive <particularly
zealous in taking steps to control the fire and relieve the suffering it entailed — Donald Milner> <a sex
offender, deeply guilty over his past acts and relieved by analysis of the neurotic demands that had
prompted them — Walter Goodman> ALLEVIATE indicates a temporary lightening of pain, distress, or
difficulty, and may contrast with cure or eliminate <no dentists to care for them; not even any oil of
cloves to alleviate the ache — C. C. Furnas> <activation of the Parking Authority in order to
help alleviate New York's chronic traffic problem — Current Biography> LIGHTEN may suggest a
cheering, buoying up, or refreshing abatement of depression or oppression <forever grumblingly
attempting to lighten their sufferings — Kenneth Roberts> <his experience in copyreading and
criticizing other people's efforts at expression ought to lighten the task of the editor to whom he
eventually submits something — R. L. Greene> ASSUAGE suggests a moderating of pain, vexation, or
sorrow by soothing, softening, or mollifying <the fugitive breezes, the life-giving zephyrs
that assuage the torment of the summer heat — Stuart Cloete> <grief that Professor Abbott did not
live to enjoy the fame he had earned is assuaged by the knowledge that he survived to complete his
great work — Godfrey Davies> MITIGATE also suggests moderating, by any means, or countering the
force or intensity of something painful <mitigate the barbarity of criminal law — W. R. Inge> <group
friction and conflict are generally mitigated when people realize their common interests — M. R.
Cohen> <the torment of his thirst mitigated a trifle by a drenching in the brine — C. G. D.
Roberts> ALLAY applies to any effective calming, soothing, quieting, or pacifying <the president, in a
TV chat intended to allay the country's fears — W. L. Miller> <something must be done
to allay growing public discontent and to still the disagreements — New Statesman & Nation> <some

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industry experts said companies might phase out capsules even without FDA pressure, in an effort
to allay consumer fears — Malcolm Gladwell>

1to make more bearable or less severe

an ice pack will relieve the swelling

Synonyms allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate, mollify, palliate, soothe

Related Words abate, lighten, moderate, soften, temper; cure, heal, remedy; amend, correct, emend,
fix, mend, rectify, reform, repair; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect,
refine

Near Antonyms harm, hurt, impair, injure; heighten, intensify, sharpen

Antonyms aggravate, exacerbate

2to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

the bellhop relieved him of his luggage and led him to the elevator

Synonyms clear, disburden, disencumber, divest, free, rid, unburden

Related Words discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring,
unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter; bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue; disengage, disentangle,
extricate

Near Antonyms bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)

Antonyms burden, encumber, saddle

3to take the place of

at daybreak a soldier arrived to relieve the one who had spent the night on guard duty

Synonyms cut out, displace, displant, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant

Related Words preempt, usurp

Unmitigated

Unvarying

not undergoing a change in condition

an unvarying dedication to the welfare of her community

Synonyms changeless, constant, stable, stationary, steady, unchanging

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Related Words fast, fixed, hard-and-fast, immutable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable,
unchangeable; established, set, settled; ceaseless, continuing, durable, enduring, lasting, permanent

Synonymous Phrases on an even keel (also on even keel)

Near Antonyms adaptable, alterable, changeable, flexible, mutable, variable; ephemeral, evanescent,
fleeting, momentary, transient, transitory; kaleidoscopic, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical)

Antonyms capricious, changeful, changing, fickle, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, skittish,
uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, varying, volatile

2not varying

unvarying temperatures and humidity are best for the preservation of ancient artifacts

Synonyms even, invariant, steady, unchanging, undeviating, uniform, unwavering

Related Words fixed, immutable, invariable, set, unalterable, unchangeable

Antonyms changing, deviating, nonuniform, unsteady, varying

To suppress
: to put down or out of existence by or as if by authority, force, or pressure : SUBDUE<the incipient
uprising had been completely suppressed — S. G. Inman>
b: to force into impotence or obscurity
c: to extinguish by prohibiting, dissolving, or dispersing<empowered the governments to
… suppress all opposition parties — C. E. Black & E. C. Helmreich>
2: to keep from public knowledge: such as
a: to refrain from divulging : leave undisclosed<a famous penal institution the name of which I
prefer to suppress — Henry Miller>
b: to prohibit or interdict the publication or revelation of : cause to be withheld or withdrawn from
circulation<foreign correspondent's copy is not censored, but certain news is suppressed — R.
H. Sollen><union halls were closed, papers suppressed — Meridel Le Sueur>
3a: to exclude from consciousness<the satisfaction of a suppressed creative wish — T. S.
Eliot><they ought when thus … suppressed to give some sign in disorder of the conscious life —
Havelock Ellis>
b: to keep from giving vent to : hold back<it has been hard to suppress the
question — Reporter><disciplined to suppress his personal impulses — Green Peyton>
4obsolete : to press down : COMPRESS
5obsolete : RAPE
6a: to stop or check the flow of : arrest the discharge of<suppress a cough><suppress a
hemorrhage>
b: to inhibit the growth or development of : cause to become abortive or vestigial : STUNT<growth
of an apical bud usually suppresses that of adjacent lateral buds>
7: to inhibit the genetic expression of<suppress a mutation>
1to keep from being publicly known

the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident

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Synonyms burke, cover (up), hush (up)

Related Words black out, censor, gag, muzzle, silence; quash, repress, smother, spike, squash,
squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle

Near Antonyms debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; blab, disclose, divulge,
spill, tell, unveil; broadcast, circulate, publish, spread; describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse,
relate, report

2to refrain from openly showing or uttering

he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse

suppressed her anger

Synonyms choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallow

Related Words control, govern, manage; bridle, check, curb, quash, quell; bottle up, contain; muffle,
squelch

Near Antonyms express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent

3to hold back the normal growth of

pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth
elsewhere

Synonyms dwarf, stunt

Related Words arrest, catch, check, halt, hold up, stall, stay, still, stop; balk, block, hold back, impede,
obstruct, stem; diminish, downsize, shrink

Near Antonyms advance, boost, encourage, forward, foster, nourish, nurture, promote

4to put a stop to (something) by the use of force

nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices

Synonyms clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, slap
down, snuff (out), squash, squelch, subdue

Related Words douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench; smother, stifle, strangle, throttle;
annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, rub out, ruin, smash, waste,
wreck; exterminate, obliterate, wipe out; conquer, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm,
subjugate, vanquish

Synonymous Phrases sit on

Near Antonyms abet, aid, assist, back, help, prop up, support; foment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir,
whip (up); advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

5to keep secret or shut off from view

the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence

Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask,
obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, veil

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Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud,
bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade

Near Antonyms bring out, present; clarify, illuminate; advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim,
publicize, publish, spread

Antonyms bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

To belie

1to keep from being publicly known

the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident

Synonyms burke, cover (up), hush (up)

Related Words black out, censor, gag, muzzle, silence; quash, repress, smother, spike, squash,
squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle

Near Antonyms debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; blab, disclose, divulge,
spill, tell, unveil; broadcast, circulate, publish, spread; describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse,
relate, report

2to refrain from openly showing or uttering

he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse

suppressed her anger

Synonyms choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallow

Related Words control, govern, manage; bridle, check, curb, quash, quell; bottle up, contain; muffle,
squelch

Near Antonyms express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent

3to hold back the normal growth of

pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth
elsewhere

Synonyms dwarf, stunt

Related Words arrest, catch, check, halt, hold up, stall, stay, still, stop; balk, block, hold back, impede,
obstruct, stem; diminish, downsize, shrink

Near Antonyms advance, boost, encourage, forward, foster, nourish, nurture, promote

4to put a stop to (something) by the use of force

nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices

Synonyms clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, slap
down, snuff (out), squash, squelch, subdue

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Related Words douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench; smother, stifle, strangle, throttle;
annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, rub out, ruin, smash, waste,
wreck; exterminate, obliterate, wipe out; conquer, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm,
subjugate, vanquish

Synonymous Phrases sit on

Near Antonyms abet, aid, assist, back, help, prop up, support; foment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir,
whip (up); advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote

5to keep secret or shut off from view

the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence

Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask,
obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, veil

Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud,
bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade

Near Antonyms bring out, present; clarify, illuminate; advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim,
publicize, publish, spread

Antonyms bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
or less commonly be·ly \ bi-ˈlī , bē- \
be·lied; belied; be·ly·ing; be·lies
1archaic : to tell lies about : defame by lies<belie a person shamefully>
2obsolete : to deny the authority, presence, or validity of : REJECT
3a: to give a false impression of<the rasping and combative voice … which belied him because he was
really friendly and good-humored — J. J. Mallon>
b(1) : to stand in contrast to<a hard pair of eyes that belied his unmanly, almost effeminate face —
Barnaby Conrad>
(2) : to present an appearance that is not in agreement with<the imperturbable gentlemen … nearly
all belie their origins — Bill Wolf>
4a: to prove false<the event has belied this reasoning — Walter Moberly>
b: to run counter to : CONTRADICT<at first sight Home Term Court … appeared to belie all the rosy things I
had heard about it — Katherine T. Kinkead>
5: to cover up : HIDE, DISGUISE<an air of rural charm … belies the community's industrial
activity — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania>