Synonyms & related words for mitigate

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of mitigate — including palliate, extenuate, alleviate, lessen, assuage, reduce. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to mitigate

Explore words related to mitigate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include mitigative, immitigable, mitigator, mitigatory, extenuatory, mitigation, minimize, mitigable. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for mitigate

Common synonyms for mitigate include palliate, extenuate, alleviate, lessen, assuage, reduce, attemper, ameliorate — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does mitigate come from?

The word mitigate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: mit-, from Latin mitis (“soft, mild”); and -ig, from Latin ago (“to make, drive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.