Antonyms for remedy
ˈrɛm ɪ direm·e·dy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. remedy

   Antonyms:
   blemish, damage, detriment, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Synonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, service, utility

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1. remedy

   Antonyms:
   evil, disease, hurt, infection, plague, ill, impairment, deterioration, aggravation, provocation

   Synonyms:
   cure, restorative, counteraction, reparation, redress, relief, help, specific

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1. redress, remedy, remediationnoun

   act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

   Synonyms:
   redress, indemnification, restitution, damages, amends, therapeutic, remediation, indemnity, curative, cure

2. remedy, curative, cure, therapeuticverb

   a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

   Synonyms:
   therapeutic, cure, redress, curative, remediation

3. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amendverb

   set straight or right

   "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

   Synonyms:
   right, reform, compensate, revivify, remediate, recompense, fix, bushel, reanimate, mend, vivify, amend, renovate, improve, correct, quicken, regenerate, reclaim, resort, restore, ameliorate, relieve, rectify, touch on, recreate, refine, repair, animate, better, furbish up, meliorate, revive, doctor, indemnify

4. remedy, relieveverb

   provide relief for

   "remedy his illness"

   Synonyms:
   exempt, relieve, unbosom, allay, excuse, ease, repair, free, salve, rectify, salvage, amend, assuage, remediate, alleviate, let off, take over, still, palliate, lighten, save

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1. remedynoun

   Synonyms:
   medicine, cure, antidote, corrective, specific, restorative, panacea, alterant, carminative, medicament, arcanum, prescription, nostrum, elixir, balm, reparation, cure, redress, aid, relief

2. remedyverb

   Synonyms:
   heal, cure, repair, relieve, redress, alleviate, assuage, palliate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remedy

   Synonyms:
   Homeopathic remedy, see there
   

How to use remedy in a sentence?

1. Pina LoGiudice:

   The main risk is that the remedy doesn’t do anything for you. It’s either not the right match or the right one your body needs.

2. Mark Rosekind:

   Your dealer should be able to tell you if (the replacement part) is an interim remedy or a long-term fix.

3. American Express ':

   We are disappointed the request for a stay was denied, we will move forward to modify the non-discrimination provisions in our merchant contracts, per the trial court's remedy.

4. Thomas Jefferson:

   I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.

5. Mark Rosekind:

   I have directed staff to provide options for the agency to consider quickly, so that we can make a final decision on whether to invoke our accelerated remedy authority by Thanksgiving.

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