Synonyms for panacea
ˌpæn əˈsi əpanacea

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1. panaceanoun

   A particular plant believed to provide a cure-all.

   Synonyms:
   allheal, woundwort

2. panaceanoun

   Synonyms:
   catholicon, cure-all

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1. Panaceanoun

   (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia

   Synonyms:
   nostrum, cure-all, catholicon

2. panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-allnoun

   hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

   Synonyms:
   nostrum, cure-all, catholicon

Matched Categories

1. • Greek Deity
   • Remedy

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1. alexiteric

   ease at the bowel movements, ease in the stomach pain during the urge to pass stools, sudden depression in the muscles of the stomach and intestine to release the undigested food material.

   a person undergoing pain before passing stools will be released by the consumption of the fruit of the agathi tree.

   Submitted by naveenshreeshaiva on March 18, 2020  

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1. panaceanoun

   Synonyms:
   catholicon, universal medicine, universal remedy

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1. panaceanoun

   Synonyms:
   cure-all, catholicon, relief, solace, nepenthe

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1. List of paraphrases for "panacea":

   cure-all, elixir

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How to use panacea in a sentence?

1. David Merriman:

   Communities around the city shouldn’t see Walmart or other big-box retailers as a panacea for local economic problems.

2. Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev:

   There has been a lot of talk that LNG from the United States is a panacea (for those looking to switch away) from Russian gas... But at the moment there are more preferable destinations for U.S. LNG than Europe, price will determine the competitiveness of U.S. LNG. I don't see U.S. LNG flowing to Poland or Portugal.

3. Tom Peters:

   Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

4. Los Angeles:

   It’s probably not going to be a panacea but it’s going to improve things, at the very least, it’s a gigantic first step.

5. Kevin Chapman:

   From my standpoint, I don’t think it’s going to quite be the panacea we’re hoping it to be.