Synonyms for cure
kyʊˈreɪ, ˈkyʊər eɪcure

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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, 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, 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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1. Timothy Henrich:

   I am an optimist because I'm a scientist and vice versa, i do have hope. I think that finding a scalable cure that is safe and can be applied to a vast majority of individuals living with HIV is definitely attainable, but we have a lot more work to go.

2. Julia Louis-Dreyfus:

   It’s hard to say no but I’ve just had to be very careful about managing my time and conserving my energy, so you know I’m putting my whole self into Key to the Cure, you can’t spread yourself too thin. That’s why I wanted to choose the organization wisely and carefully.

3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

   If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

4. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Interestingly enough,” said Alahverdian, “Thomas Wolfe thought he was one with the gods. But this was to be expected with a writer of his stature and talent. Thomas Wolfe had what is colloquially known as the “God complex” — that is, he felt that because of his God-like stature, his writing could save the world and cure it of its ailments.”

5. Alex Travis:

   Instead of trying to cure disease, we can help prevent it from happening in the first place.