Synonyms & related words for mitigating

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of mitigating — including mitigative, mitigatory, alleviating, extenuatory, lessening, reducing. 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 mitigating

Explore words related to mitigating — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include extenuate, mitigates, palliate, immitigable, mitigation, mitigator, attenuating, mitigated. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for mitigating

Common synonyms for mitigating include mitigative, mitigatory, alleviating, extenuatory, lessening, reducing, alleviative, assuaging — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does mitigating come from?

The word mitigating 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.