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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
reliever
1. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies - a reliever of anxiety - an allayer of fears • Syn: allayer, comforter • Derivationally related forms: comfort (for: comforter), allay (for: allayer), relieve • Hypernyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul 2. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) - the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes - we need extra employees for summer fill-ins • Syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, backup, backup man, fill-in • Derivationally related forms: fill in (for: fill-in), relieve, substitute (for: substitute), stand in (for: stand-in) • Hypernyms: peer, equal, match, compeer • Hyponyms: locum tenens, locum, double, stunt man, stunt woman, surrogate, alternate, replacement 3. a pitcher who does not start the game • Syn: relief pitcher, fireman • Derivationally related forms: relieve • Hypernyms: pitcher, hurler, twirler • Hyponyms: closer, finisher
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