Synonyms 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.

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

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

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

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1. curenoun

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Harden
   • Preserve

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1. curenoun

   Synonyms:
   remedy, antidote, specific, restorative, reparative, corrective, help

2. curenoun

   Synonyms:
   healing, restoration

3. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   remedy, heal

4. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   restore to health

5. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   preserve (from putrefaction)

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1. curénoun

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

2. cureverb

   Synonyms:
   heal, remedy

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1. List of paraphrases for "cure":

   heal, healing, antidote, curing, remedy, treatment, cura, treat, medicine, curative, care, therapy

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. Beau Phillips:

   We coordinate with clinics and hospitals to obtain human tissue and blood -- specimens that would be otherwise be disposed of -- and provide them to biotechnology and academic institutions performing research to find a cure, the nation's and the world's greatest research facilities need a reliable source of healthy human-derived blood, tissue and cellular specimens to perform their studies. As a point of clarification, StemExpress has never requested nor received an intact fetus.

2. Chetan Dube:

   There are schools of thought and singularity that say, ‘This is going too far. Super-intelligence will start to dominate human intelligence in the next decade.’ I do not subscribe to that, there are also digital optimists who argue [AI] could cure poverty, hunger and everything else. There is one thing both of these two antipodal groups agree on: This is going to be the biggest tectonic transformation that the planet has ever seen. Whether it’s going to lead to the ultimate destruction of mankind or complete eradication of all diseases and poverty is up for debate. But the fact is this is going to have an impact bigger than any other impact that man has seen before. That’s not up for question.

3. Arnold Bennett:

   The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.

4. Dorothy Parker:

   The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

5. Jeon Min-su:

   It's rather simple with physical violence, as the victim can go see a doctor, but with cyber violence, there is no cure.