Synonyms for remedial
rɪˈmi di əlre·me·di·al

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1. remedial

   Synonyms:
   sanatory, sanative, alterative, ameliorative, mitigating, corrective, curative, healing, restorative, salubrious

   Antonyms:
   noxious, hurtful, exaggerative, confirmative, morbific, deleterious, inducive, provocative

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1. remedialadjective

   tending or intended to rectify or improve

   "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education"

   Synonyms:
   sanative, therapeutic, alterative, curative, healing(p)

   Antonyms:
   worsening, unhealthful

2. curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeuticadjective

   tending to cure or restore to health

   "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

   Antonyms:
   worsening, unhealthful

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1. List of paraphrases for "remedial":

   corrective, curative, catch-up, remedy, remediation, remedies, redress, catching-up, therapeutic, restorative, repair, redressive, compensatory, counselling, sanitation, recovery, reorganization, relief

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How to use remedial in a sentence?

1. The Academy:

   As a direct result of one of their studies, more than five million Indian children have benefited from effective programs of remedial tutoring in school, another example is the heavy subsidies for preventive healthcare that have been introduced in many countries.

2. President John Mahama:

   People are dying. We are taking remedial action (through negotiations) and we are asking the doctors to go back.

3. Mona Hanna-Attisha:

   It actually drops your IQ. Imagine what we've done to an entire population. We've shifted that IQ curve down. We've lost our high achievers, the next kid who's going to be a neurosurgeon, and we have all these children who may now need remedial services.

4. The SEC:

   Novartis promptly took remedial steps to improve its internal controls at Novartis China.

5. Mona Hanna-Attisha:

   We care about (lead) so much because it impacts your cognition and your behavior, it actually drops your IQ. Imagine what we've done to an entire population. We've shifted that IQ curve down. We've lost our high achievers, the next kid who's going to be a neurosurgeon, and we have all these children who may now need remedial services.