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Reliever

One who, or that which, relieves.

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Broader term 9

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Compeer 76% connected

An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Equal 76% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Hurler 76% connected

One who hurls, or plays at hurling.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Pitcher 76% connected

One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Alternate 76% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Closer 76% connected

One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

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Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Finisher 76% connected

One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishin…

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Fireman 76% connected

A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

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Locum tenens 76% connected

A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.

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Replacement 76% connected

The act of replacing.

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Surrogate 76% connected

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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Still 74% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Still 74% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Synonym 4

Allayer 92% connected

One who, or that which, allays.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Comforter 92% connected

One who administers comfort or consolation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relief 92% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Substitute 92% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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