Synonyms for curé
kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪcuré

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1. cure

   The transitive use of recover in the sense of cure, heal, etc., as in 2 Kings v, 6, "That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy," is now practically obsolete. The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. The intransitive sense, be cured, be restored, etc., is very common; as, to recover from sickness, terror, or misfortune.

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, heal, reanimate, recover, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume, retrieve

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

   Preposition:
   From; rarely of; (Law) to recover judgment against, to recover damages of or from a person.

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1. curenoun

   Synonyms:
   remedy, alleviation, restorative, heal-all, amelioration, reinstatement, restoration, renovation, convalescence

   Antonyms:
   aggravation, confirmation, complaint, disease, ailment, inoculation, contagion, corruption

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remedy, curative, cure, therapeuticverb

   a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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

2. bring around, cure, healverb

   provide a cure for, make healthy again

   "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, cure, bring to, heal, bring back, mend, bring round

3. cureverb

   prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve

   "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, heal

4. cureverb

   make (substances) hard and improve their usability

   "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, heal

5. cureverb

   be or become preserved

   "the apricots cure in the sun"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, heal

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Harden
   • Preserve

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1. curenoun

   Synonyms:
   remedy, antidote, specific, restorative, reparative, corrective, help

2. curenoun

   Synonyms:
   healing, restoration

3. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   remedy, heal

4. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   restore to health

5. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   preserve (from putrefaction)

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1. curénoun

   Synonyms:
   spiritual charge, curacy, medical treatment, therapy, antidote, remedy, specific, healing

2. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   heal, remedy

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1. List of paraphrases for "cure":

   heal, healing, antidote, curing, remedy, treatment, cura, treat, medicine, curative, care, therapy

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. CURE

   Synonyms:
   Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent ischaemic Events

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How to use curé in a sentence?

1. Bethan Westcott-Storer:

   One day in the future they find a cure lots and lots of people are going to be really happy.

2. 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.

3. Wang Chaojun:

   My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be.

4. Brian Fitzpatrick:

   Rather than have a numerical dollar amount – which doesn’t make any sense, we just end up raising it every other year – is convert it to something like a debt-to-GDP ratio, a number that could be agreed to, have a cure period thereafter. And if that cure does not occur, certain guardrails go up on discretionary spending.

5. Hugh Willmott:

   This pendant was used by some people as a supposed cure against a condition called St Antony’s fire, which in modern day science is probably a variety of skin conditions.