Antonyms for Remedy
ˈrɛm ɪ direm·e·dy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. remedy

   Antonyms:
   blemish, damage, detriment, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Synonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, service, utility

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1. remedy

   Antonyms:
   evil, disease, hurt, infection, plague, ill, impairment, deterioration, aggravation, provocation

   Synonyms:
   cure, restorative, counteraction, reparation, redress, relief, help, specific

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1. redress, remedy, remediationnoun

   act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

   Synonyms:
   redress, indemnification, restitution, damages, amends, therapeutic, remedy, remediation, indemnity, curative, cure

2. remedy, curative, cure, therapeuticverb

   a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

   Synonyms:
   therapeutic, cure, redress, remedy, curative, remediation

3. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb

   set straight or right

   "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

   Synonyms:
   right, reform, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, fix, bushel, reanimate, mend, vivify, amend, renovate, improve, correct, quicken, regenerate, reclaim, resort, restore, ameliorate, relieve, rectify, touch on, recreate, remedy, refine, repair, animate, better, furbish up, meliorate, revive, doctor, indemnify

4. remedy, relieveverb

   provide relief for

   "remedy his illness"

   Synonyms:
   exempt, relieve, unbosom, allay, excuse, ease, repair, free, salve, rectify, salvage, amend, assuage, remediate, alleviate, remedy, let off, take over, still, palliate, lighten, save

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1. remedynoun

   Synonyms:
   medicine, cure, antidote, corrective, specific, restorative, panacea, alterant, carminative, medicament, arcanum, prescription, nostrum, elixir, balm, reparation, cure, redress, aid, relief

2. remedyverb

   Synonyms:
   heal, cure, repair, relieve, redress, alleviate, assuage, palliate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remedy

   Synonyms:
   Homeopathic remedy, see there
   

How to use Remedy in a sentence?

1. Helen Keller, My Religion, 1927:

   Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

2. Antonin Scalia:

   The government has to adhere to the law also and this is a country where if the government doesnt adhere to the law you can take them to court and get a remedy.

3. Morris Fiorina:

   Were I advising her I'd suggest she try to thread the needle - explain that free trade has great benefits for the country as a whole, but past and pending agreements do not adequately recognize and compensate the losers. She will remedy that failure.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can remedy past discrimination by mandating new discrimination. (Defending his nominees for Civil Rights Commission)

5. The Atlantic Molly Ball:

   There have been questions about the Ben Carson candidacy -- whether it's a serious candidacy or a combination scam and book tour, in the coming weeks we will find out ... what steps he takes to remedy this. Whether he is in it to win it.

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