Choose the word which is most nearly OPPOSITE in its meaning to the word - "ALLEVIATE":-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → to raise
Alleviate means to make pain, suffering or a problem less severe, to lessen it. Its antonym is to raise.
Example: The medicine helped to alleviate her headache.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) to relieve | to make pain or trouble less, the same as alleviate (it is a synonym) | A cup of hot tea relieved his sore throat. |
| (2) to raise (answer) | to increase something, to make it greater or higher (lessening and increasing are opposites, so it is the option most nearly opposite to alleviate) | The shopkeeper decided to raise the price of sugar. |
| (3) to assert | to state something firmly (it has nothing to do with lessening or increasing) | He asserted that he was innocent. |
| (4) to abandon | to leave someone or something completely (it is not the opposite of making a pain less) | The crew had to abandon the sinking ship. |
| Synonyms of alleviate: relieve, ease, lessen, soothe Antonyms of alleviate: aggravate, worsen, intensify, increase Also asked in CUET (UG): alleviate – 18-05-2026 Slot 2, 14-05-2026 Slot 2, 03-06-2025 Slot 2, 19-05-2025 Slot 2, 13-05-2025 Slot 1, 06-06-2023 Slot 2, 06-06-2023 Slot 1, 23-08-2022 Slot 1 |