RELIEVER
Dictionary entry overview: What does reliever mean?
• RELIEVER (noun)
The noun RELIEVER has 3 senses:
1. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
3. a pitcher who does not start the game
Familiarity information: RELIEVER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RELIEVER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stand-in; backup man; fill-in; reliever; backup; substitute; relief
Context examples:
the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes / we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
Hypernyms ("reliever" is a kind of...):
compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reliever"):
locum; locum tenens (someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession)
double; stunt man; stunt woman (a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts)
alternate; replacement; surrogate (someone who takes the place of another person)
Meaning:
A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
allayer; reliever; comforter
Context examples:
a reliever of anxiety / an allayer of fears
Hypernyms ("reliever" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
A pitcher who does not start the game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
relief pitcher; fireman; reliever
Hypernyms ("reliever" is a kind of...):
hurler; pitcher; twirler ((baseball) the person who does the pitching)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reliever"):
closer; finisher ((baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game)
