Synonyms for treatment
ˈtrit mənttreat·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. treatment, interventionnoun

   care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

   Synonyms:
   handling, intercession, interference, discourse, interposition, discussion, intervention

2. treatment, handlingnoun

   the management of someone or something

   "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"

   Synonyms:
   discussion, discourse, manipulation, intervention, handling

3. treatmentnoun

   a manner of dealing with something artistically

   "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

   Synonyms:
   discussion, discourse, intervention, handling

4. discussion, treatment, discoursenoun

   an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

   "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"

   Synonyms:
   sermon, handling, discourse, discussion, word, give-and-take, preaching, intervention

Matched Categories

1. • Artistic Style
   • Communication
   • Management

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. therapy

   measure to cure patients.

   current therapy for this disease is largely symptomatic.

   Submitted by JP03 on February 23, 2015  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. treatmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   usage

2. treatmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   handling, management

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1. List of paraphrases for "treatment":

   processing, treatments, therapy, handling, salary, cure, treating, treated, care, treat, salaries, therapeutic, traitement, therapies, curative, ill-treatment, processed, dealing, reading, deal, medication, proceeding, pay, process, purification, traitements, addressing

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1. Sorel Vorster:

   The most important decision is to make sure we want to go ahead with treatment, because the only definitive treatment is surgical, in treatment, we have a high threshold before we decide on surgery.

2. Paul Hokemeyer:

   In contrast to those seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addictions, people who suffer from sexual addictions face more obstacles to getting effective care. These include the controversy surrounding the disorder’s existence that prevents treatment from being covered by insurance, the shame and guilt that keeps the people who suffer from asking for help and the scarcity of competent clinicians who can treat it.

3. Jane Austen, Emma:

   I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.

4. Nicolas Martin:

   When a dog acts viciously we assume the reason is poor treatment and training by its owner. When a person acts criminally we look for the explanation in his brain, blood, and urine. When will psychiatrists begin testifying to the incompetence of schizophrenic pit bulls?

5. Adam Trickey:

   In drug users we must promote therapy and improve access to therapy to treat addictions as well as increasing access to hepatitis C treatment for people with both infections, although most people are likely to start treatment soon after diagnosis of HIV, this will only result in improved survival overall if the problems of late diagnosis and treatment access are addressed.