Reliefs Synonyms and Antonyms

The raised portions of a sculptural decoration or map
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. configurations
  2. contours
  3. intaglios
  4. projections
A person or persons taking over the duties of another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. replacements
The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. eases
  2. relaxations
  3. cheers
  4. happinesses
  5. releases
  6. satisfactions
Assistance in time of difficulty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. supports
  2. succors
  3. assistances
  4. welfares
  5. ministrations
  6. helps
  7. hand
  8. aid
  9. assists
Antonyms:
  1. pains
  2. injuries
  3. hurts
  4. damages
The act of bringing succor
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ameliorations
  2. releases
  3. deliverances
  4. remissions
Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. relievos

Reliefs Sentence Examples

  • The steatite vases with reliefs are of great importance.

  • The present cathedral contains several early Christian marble sarcophagi, a silver cross of the 6th century (that of Agnellus), and the so-called throne of the Archbishop Maximian (54655 2), adorned with reliefs in ivory, which, however, was really brought to Ravenna in iooi by John the Deacon, who recorded the fact in his Venetian chronicle, as a present from the Doge Pietro Orseolo to the Emperor Otho III.

  • The modern Persians call this place Nakshi Rustam (" the picture of Rustam ") from the Sassanian reliefs beneath the opening, which they take to be a representation of the mythical hero Rustam.

  • The interior is in the form of a basilica, the double aisles being borne by ancient columns, and contains ambones and a candelabrum of 1311, the former resting on columns supported by lions, and decorated with reliefs and coloured marble mosaic. The castle at the highest point of the town was erected in the 14th century.

  • He became a Salian priest at the age of eight, and soon knew by heart all the forms and liturgical order of the official worship, and even the sacred music. In the earliest statue we have he is a youth offering incense; he is a priest at the sacrificial altar in the latest triumphal reliefs.

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