Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. curenoun

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Harden
   • Preserve

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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1. curénoun

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

2. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   heal, remedy

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. cholera

   cure is the oppisite of cholera

   "the cure is finally here!"

   Submitted by rinat on September 23, 2019  

How to use cure in a sentence?

1. Sir Walter Raleigh:

   'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. -- last words before his beheadding

2. 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.

3. Nicolas Maduro:

   The right wing, together with the empire, has stabbed the electricity system, and we are trying to cure it soon.

4. James Allison:

   I'm a basic scientist. I did not get into these studies to try to cure cancer. I got into them because I wanted to know how T cells work.

5. H.S. Thompson:

   Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.

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