Synonyms for mitigate
ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪtmit·i·gate

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1. mitigateverb

   Synonyms:
   diminish, pacify, mollify, ease, check, lighten, palliate

   Antonyms:
   intensify, increase, irritate, worsen, incite, aggravate, aggrandize, exacerbate

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1. mitigate

   The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, moderate, reduce, subside

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

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1. extenuate, palliate, mitigateverb

   lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

   "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

   Synonyms:
   relieve, assuage, palliate, alleviate, extenuate

2. mitigateverb

   make less severe or harsh

   "mitigating circumstances"

   Synonyms:
   palliate, extenuate

Matched Categories

1. • Apologize
   • Law
   • Lessen

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1. alleviate

   etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. we alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. we abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation;[34] soften, a ssuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. alleviate has been often confused with allay. compare allay.

   Submitted by santoshk.61727 on June 10, 2023  

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1. mitigateverb

   Synonyms:
   moderate, alleviate, appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, assuage, quiet, still, calm, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, dull, qualify, blunt

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1. mitigateverb

   Synonyms:
   meliorate, alleviate, assuage, temper

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1. List of paraphrases for "mitigate":

   alleviate, mitigating, reduce, attenuate, lessen, ease, alleviation, mitigation, relieve, minimize, mitigated, soften, cushion, attenuation, allay, defuse, ameliorate, limit, diminish, alleviating, lighten, assuage, reducing, offset, easing, dampen

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1. Corrie Moreau:

   The current' insect apocalypse' is really a death by a thousand cuts, pesticide use, land use modification and climate change are likely the major factors causing these global insect declines and all of these are due to human activities. I think it is in our best interest to try to mitigate as many of these as we can since every species on the planet is important.

2. Chris Oswald:

   One major underlying concern across industry sectors is the lack of tested and fully vetted drone detection and counterdrone systems, that's a big issue on all of our members' minds. What can we do ? What are steps we can take to mitigate drone events ? How can we be proactive in detection ?

3. Boonrak Yodpetch:

   [ The Prime Minister ] has ordered the Ministry of Education to consider closing the schools in order to mitigate the health effect.

4. Thomas Worsdell:

   Their displacement generates socio-economic and cultural burdens that alienate them, hindering their traditional ways and generating the very pressures on biodiversity that these ‘fortress’ models of conservation are attempting to mitigate.

5. David Becker:

   Erin Weir would certainly mitigate some of the crime that Erin Weir see.