Associations to the word «Reliever»

Wiktionary

RELIEVER, noun. (baseball) A relief pitcher.
RELIEVER, noun. Someone who fills in for another.

Dictionary definition

RELIEVER, noun. 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".
RELIEVER, noun. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears".
RELIEVER, noun. A pitcher who does not start the game.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats