Synonyms for cathartic
kəˈθɑr tɪkcathar·tic

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1. purgative, cathartic, physic, aperientadjective

   a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

   Synonyms:
   physic, purgative, aperient

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

2. cathartic, psychotherapeuticadjective

   emotionally purging

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unemotional, costive, unhealthful

3. cathartic, releasingadjective

   emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful, unemotional, costive

4. cathartic, evacuant, purgativeadjective

   strongly laxative

   Synonyms:
   evacuant, purgative, releasing, psychotherapeutic

   Antonyms:
   costive, unemotional, unhealthful

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1. catharticadjective

   Synonyms:
   purgative, evacuant, abstergent, cleansing

2. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purge, purgative, physic, purgative medicine

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1. catharticnoun

   Synonyms:
   purgative, physic, purge, evacuant

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1. Suzanne Plunkett:

   I would've loved to talk to Mr. Cooper about that day. It would've been cathartic for me to talk with him and to reflect on what happened to us both in the years that followed.

2. Kerri Kasem:

   The media only focuses on a celebrity's last name, but there are many people out there who ca n’t see their loved ones because they’re being taken advantage of. There needs to be consequences … This podcast was so cathartic, not only for me but for my family, friends and co-workers who participated. They loved my dad and wanted the truth out there as much as I do … This is a horrifying story, but it’s also going to wake people up.

3. Rooma Mehra:

   All great creativity is cathartic.. hence original...

4. Shannen Doherty:

   Putting it out there must be cathartic for her, it's her way of dealing with it, maybe that's her form of therapy.

5. Sam Rounseville:

   His story is a 76-year-old story of two things. One is fighting PTSD. He had it in the worst way. And the other thing is survivor's guilt. And those two things have shadowed him throughout his life, it is very cathartic for him.