therapeutic
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
• Syn:
remedy, curative, cure
• Derivationally related forms:
cure (for: cure), remedial (for: remedy), remedy (for: remedy)
• Hypernyms:
medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
• Hyponyms:
acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, vomit,
vomitive, nauseant, lenitive, lotion, application, magic bullet,
ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve, palliative,
alleviant, alleviator, panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all,
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
• Part Holonyms:
treatment, intervention
1. tending to cure or restore to health (Freq. 5)
- curative powers of herbal remedies
- her gentle healing hand
- remedial surgery
- a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air
- a therapeutic agent
- therapeutic diets
• Syn:
curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative
• Similar to:
healthful
• Derivationally related forms:
remedy (for: remedial), cure (for: curative)
2. relating to or involved in therapy (Freq. 4)
- therapeutic approach to criminality
• Syn:
therapeutical
• Pertains to noun:
therapy (for: therapeutical), therapy
• Derivationally related forms:
therapy (for: therapeutical), therapy
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