CURE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CURE?

Need another word that means the same as “cure”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “cure” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cure” are: bring around, heal, restore to health, make well, make better, restore, rehabilitate, treat successfully, rectify, remedy, put right, set right, right, set to rights, fix, mend, repair, ameliorate, alleviate, ease, preserve, smoke, salt, dry, kipper, pickle, curative, therapeutic, medicine, medication, medicament, restorative, corrective, antidote, antiserum, healing, restoration to health, solution, answer, nostrum, panacea, cure-all, magic formula

Cure as a Noun

Definitions of "Cure" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cure” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A substance or treatment that cures a disease or condition.
• A Christian minister's pastoral charge or area of responsibility for spiritual ministry.
• Restoration to health.
• A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
• The process of curing rubber, plastic, or other material.
• A parish.
• A solution to a problem.

Synonyms of "Cure" as a noun (18 Words)

answer	A person or thing regarded as the equivalent to a better-known one from another place. His answer to any problem was to get drunk.
antidote	Something that counteracts an unpleasant feeling or situation. Laughter is a good antidote to stress.
antiserum	Blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease.
corrective	A thing intended to correct or counteract something else. The move might be a corrective to some inefficient practices within hospitals.
curative	A curative medicine or agent.
cure-all	Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.
healing	The process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. The gift of healing.
magic formula	Any art that invokes supernatural powers.
medicament	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease.
medication	Treatment using drugs. Certain medications can cause dizziness.
medicine	Medicine something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. Your doctor will be able to prescribe medicines.
nostrum	A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement. During tough times populist nostrums gain favour.
panacea	(Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia. The time honoured panacea cod liver oil.
remedy	A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. Shopping became a remedy for personal problems.
restoration to health	The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660.
restorative	A medicine that strengthens and invigorates. Herbal restoratives.
solution	The action of separating or breaking down dissolution. The easy solution is to look it up in the handbook.
therapeutic	A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. Current therapeutics for asthma.

Usage Examples of "Cure" as a noun

• He was beyond cure.
• The cure is to improve the clutch operation.
• The search for a cure for the common cold.
• He had been at this cure for four years.
• A benefice involving the cure of souls.

Cure as a Verb

Definitions of "Cure" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cure” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Provide a cure for, make healthy again.
• Solve (a problem.
• Relieve (a person or animal) of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
• Undergo hardening by a chemical process.
• Harden (rubber, plastic, concrete, etc.) after manufacture by a chemical process such as vulcanization.
• Make (substances) hard and improve their usability.
• Eliminate (a disease or condition) with medical treatment.
• Preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking.
• Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.
• Be or become preserved.

Synonyms of "Cure" as a verb (26 Words)

alleviate	Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe. He couldn t prevent her pain only alleviate it.
ameliorate	Get better. The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
bring around	Bestow a quality on.
dry	Become dry. Allow 24 hours for the paint to dry.
ease	Of share prices interest rates etc decrease in value or amount. The boat eased away from the harbour.
fix	Make fixed stable or stationary. Her words have remained fixed in my memory.
heal	Get healthy again. The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to.
kipper	Cure (a herring or other fish) by splitting it open and salting and drying it in the open air or in smoke. On the quayside fishwives gut fish by hand and the catch is kippered by traditional methods.
make better	To compose or represent.
make well	Perform or carry out.
mend	Improve (an unpleasant situation. He mended the fire and turned the meat on the greenwood racks.
pickle	Preserve in a pickling liquid. The steel sheet is first pickled in acid to remove all oxides.
preserve	Treat (food) to prevent its decomposition. We preserve these archeological findings.
put right	Formulate in a particular style or language.
rectify	Convert into direct current. Rectify the calculation.
rehabilitate	Reinstall politically. The campaign aims to rehabilitate the river s flood plain.
remedy	Set right (an undesirable situation. Remedy these deficiencies.
repair	Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition. One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich.
restore	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. The government will restore land to those who lost it through confiscation.
restore to health	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
right	Make right or correct. We ll see you righted.
salt	Sprinkle a road or path with salt in order to melt snow or ice. People used to salt meats on ships.
set right	Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
set to rights	Equip with sails or masts.
smoke	Cure or preserve food especially meat or fish by exposure to smoke. Traditionally the beekeeper must smoke the bees to calm them.
treat successfully	Provide treatment for.

Usage Examples of "Cure" as a verb

• He was cured of the disease.
• The apricots cure in the sun.
• Cure soap.
• Cure meats.
• This technology could be used to cure diabetes.
• Home-cured ham.
• The treatment cured the boy's acne.
• A bid to trace and cure the gearbox problems.
• Cure cement.
• Cure hay.
• The early synthetic rubbers were much more difficult to cure than natural rubber.
• Cure resin.
• The mastic takes days to cure.
• Cure pickles.

Associations of "Cure" (30 Words)

acupuncture	A system of complementary medicine in which fine needles are inserted in the skin at specific points along what are considered to be lines of energy (meridians), used in the treatment of various physical and mental conditions.
biofeedback	A process whereby electronic monitoring of a normally automatic bodily function is used to train someone to acquire voluntary control of that function.
chiropodist	A person who treats the feet and their ailments. She decided to train as a chiropodist.
curative	A curative medicine or agent. The curative properties of herbs.
dialysis	The clinical purification of blood by dialysis as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney.
doctor	Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify. The dog was doctored.
dosage	The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time. A dosage of 450 milligrams a day.
elixir	A preparation supposedly able to change metals into gold, sought by alchemists. At one point during the festivities the river is said to turn into the elixir of life.
heal	Provide a cure for make healthy again. The wound is healing slowly.
herbal	A book that describes herbs and their culinary and medicinal properties. Herbal remedies.
homeopathy	A system of complementary medicine in which ailments are treated by minute doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment.
injection	An instance of injecting or being injected. The walls have been damp proofed by injection.
liniment	An embrocation for rubbing on the body to relieve pain, especially one made with oil.
massage	Give a massage to. Gently massage the cream on to your face.
medicine	Medicine something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. He made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine.
miracle	A marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent. A machine which was a miracle of design.
nostrum	A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective. During tough times populist nostrums gain favour.
ointment	A smooth oily substance that is rubbed on the skin for medicinal purposes or as a cosmetic. He rubbed some ointment on his leg.
orthopedic	Of or relating to orthopedics. Orthopedic shoes.
osteopath	A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles.
panacea	Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. The panacea for all corporate ills.
pharmacopoeia	A collection or stock of drugs.
podiatrist	A specialist in care for the feet. If a toe has a discharge it is likely infected and needs to be treated by a podiatrist.
potion	A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties. A healing potion.
remedy	A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. Money will be given to remedy the poor funding of nurseries.
restoration	The restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France in 1814 following the fall of Napoleon Louis XVIII was recalled from exile by Talleyrand. The restoration of capital punishment.
revival	An instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again. A wave of religious revival.
therapeutic	Having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of well-being. A therapeutic silence.
therapist	A person who treats psychological problems a psychotherapist. A certified massage therapist.
treatment	The presentation or discussion of a subject. The right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system.