What does reliever mean?

Definitions for reliever
re·liev·er

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word reliever.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-innoun

    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"

  2. reliever, allayer, comforternoun

    a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

    "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"

  3. reliever, relief pitcher, firemannoun

    a pitcher who does not start the game

Wiktionary

  1. relievernoun

    A relief pitcher.

    The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.

  2. relievernoun

    Someone who fills in for another.

    I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Relievernoun

    One that relieves.

    Etymology: from relieve.

    He is the protector of his weakness, and the reliever of his wants. John Rogers, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. reliever

    A reliever is someone or something that reduces, alleviates or eliminates pain, distress, anxiety, or other discomfort. In medical context, it refers to a type of medication used to relieve symptoms. In sports, particularly in baseball, a reliever is a player who substitutes the starting pitcher.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Relievernoun

    one who, or that which, relieves

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. reliever

    An iron ring fixed to a handle, by means of a socket, so as to be at right angles to it. It serves to disengage the searcher of a gun, when one of its points is retained in a hole, and cannot be extracted otherwise.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reliever in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reliever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of reliever in a Sentence

  1. Carrie Morris:

    For me, at 26, that is a lot of money, but it’s an expense I would never consider cutting from my budget, working out is a huge stress reliever for me.

  2. Kris Bryant:

    I knew I was going to get an at-bat there and I made the most of it, i saw it really good out of the hand (of Indians reliever Zach McAllister) and got it up in the wind.

  3. Jennifer Majure:

    It's a huge stress reliever, knowing that he's in great hands has been a great, tremendous comfort.

  4. Nanxin Cao:

    I don't know how the Peppa Pig meme took off from Douyin, but to me, it's like a stress reliever as it looks so innocent and dumb.

  5. Faye Malarkey Black:

    If there's weather at the destination airport or the forecast of weather, then the dispatch isn't going to release that flight, in the instance that aircraft are enroute and are inbound to an airport, and fog rolls in... then you're going to have to circle, and then eventually divert to a reliever airport.

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