What is another word for corrective?
Synonyms for corrective
kəˈrɛk tɪvcor·rec·tive
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corrective
Synonyms:
regulative, alterative, preventative, restorativeAntonyms:
confirmative, conducive, provocative, stimulative, intensitive
Princeton's WordNet
corrective, restorativeadjective
a device for treating injury or disease
Synonyms:
restorative, toniccorrective, disciplinary, disciplinaladjective
designed to promote discipline
"the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
Synonyms:
disciplinary, disciplinalcorrectiveadjective
tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
"corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"
Synonyms:
disciplinary, disciplinal
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
correctiveadjective
Synonyms:
rectifying, reformatory, correctory, disciplinary emendatory
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "corrective":
remedial, redressive, correction, affirmative, correctional, rectify, remediation, correct, remedy
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
corrective
Synonyms:
Corrigent, see there
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1847 | correct | |
#5072 | correction | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#9415 | disciplinary | |
#11586 | affirmative | |
#13548 | corrective | |
#14414 | remediation | |
#15689 | remedial | |
#15723 | correctional | |
#21667 | tonic | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#26340 | restorative | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#130432 | regulative | |
#139040 | alterative |
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We will continue to have a dialogue with them since they have seen all our facilities, and the issues are in front of them, we have given the whole program of corrective measures.
There's a little bit of a vacuum in the market for the next several weeks, we're in this corrective phase, and it likely has further to go.
At this stage all possible hypotheses are going to be studied with an open mind, we are all pilots and want to know what happened to the aircraft to take corrective measures, if there were any to take. That is also very distressing for us because we have to continue operating the plane, Antarctic campaigns have to continue.
Smile Train CEO Susannah Schaefer:
Providing corrective surgery to just one child may not only save a life, but also give them the opportunity to become an engaged, productive member of the community, this creates a ripple effect of impact that benefits families, communities and entire regions.
I knew it just by their performance during the smoke sessions how they stood out, a lot of people were kind of hurting and they still looked strong -- smoke session is like exercises and corrective training. That is what made them stand out was their performance during all the physical events.
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