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

Need another word that means the same as “heal”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “heal” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Heal” are: bring around, cure, mend, make better, make well, treat successfully, restore to health, get someone back on their feet, put someone on the road to recovery, curing, get better, get well, be cured, become healthy, recover, be on the mend, improve, show improvement, be restored, alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve, ameliorate, ease, help, soften, lessen, mitigate, attenuate, allay, salve, put right, set right, put to rights, repair, remedy, resolve, correct, settle, make good, patch up, soothe, conciliate, reconcile, harmonize

Heal as a Verb

Definitions of "Heal" as a verb

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

• Heal or recover.
• Provide a cure for, make healthy again.
• Get healthy again.
• Alleviate (a person's distress or anguish.
• Cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again.
• Correct or put right (an undesirable situation.
• Become sound or healthy again.

Synonyms of "Heal" as a verb (46 Words)

allay	Satisfy (thirst. Some stale figs partly allayed our hunger.
alleviate	Provide physical relief, as from pain. He couldn t prevent her pain only alleviate it.
ameliorate	Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
assuage	Provide physical relief, as from pain. The letter assuaged the fears of most members.
attenuate	Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance. The first live vaccine was insufficiently attenuated and produced a significant disease.
be cured	Represent, as of a character on stage.
be on the mend	Be priced at.
be restored	Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
become healthy	Come into existence.
bring around	Attract the attention of.
conciliate	Act as a mediator. The arts which conciliate popularity.
correct	Make right or correct. Motorists can have their headlights tested and corrected at a reduced price on Saturday.
cure	Provide a cure for make healthy again. Cure resin.
curing	Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve.
ease	Of share prices interest rates etc decrease in value or amount. International tension began to ease.
get better	Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
get someone back on their feet	Receive a specified treatment (abstract.
get well	Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.
harmonize	Sing or play in harmony. The colors don t harmonize.
help	Give help or assistance be of service. She never helps around the house.
improve	Get better. Communications improved during the 18th century.
lessen	Make smaller. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
make better	Behave in a certain way.
make good	Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
make well	Give certain properties to something.
mend	Heal or recover. Foot injuries can take months to mend.
mitigate	Make less severe or harsh. Drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem.
palliate	Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions. This eliminated or at least palliated suspicions aroused by German unity.
patch up	Mend by putting a patch on.
put right	Put into a certain place or abstract location.
put someone on the road to recovery	Adapt.
put to rights	Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation.
reconcile	Make someone accept (a disagreeable or unwelcome thing. It is not necessary to reconcile the cost accounts to the financial accounts.
recover	Get or find back recover the use of. Neil is still recovering from shock.
relieve	Relieve oneself of troubling information. Another signalman relieved him at 5 30.
remedy	Set straight or right. Remedy these deficiencies.
repair	Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition. He repaired to his cabin in the woods.
resolve	(with reference to a discord) pass or cause to pass into a concord during the course of harmonic change. Dissonant notes resolve conventionally by rising or falling to form part of a new chord.
restore to health	Give or bring back.
salve	Apply salve to. Charity salves our conscience.
set right	Fix in a border.
settle	Become settled or established and stable in one s residence or life style. We finally settled the argument.
show improvement	Be or become visible or noticeable.
soften	Undermine the resistance of (someone. The share price has softened recently.
soothe	Give moral or emotional strength to. A shot of brandy might soothe his nerves.
treat successfully	Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.

Usage Examples of "Heal" as a verb

• The wound is healing slowly.
• His concern is to heal sick people.
• The bullet wounds had healed.
• The rift between them was never really healed.
• Time can heal the pain of grief.
• The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to.

Associations of "Heal" (30 Words)

acupuncture	Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.
amend	Make amendments to. A few things had gone wrong but these had been amended.
biofeedback	A process whereby electronic monitoring of a normally automatic bodily function is used to train someone to acquire voluntary control of that function.
curative	A curative medicine or agent. The curative properties of herbs.
cure	A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. A benefice involving the cure of souls.
dialysis	The clinical purification of blood by dialysis as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney.
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 substance believed to cure all ills. A cough elixir.
healing	Tending to cure or restore to health. The gift of healing.
herbal	Of or relating to herbs. Herbal remedies.
homeopathy	A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated.
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.
medical	Relating to the study or practice of medicine. The medical profession.
medicine	Medicine something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. Give her some medicine.
nostrum	A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement. A charlatan who sells nostrums.
ointment	Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. He rubbed some ointment on his leg.
panacea	Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. The time honoured panacea cod liver oil.
pharmacopoeia	A stock of medicinal drugs.
potion	A liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties. A healing potion.
redress	Set upright again. The power to redress the grievances of our citizens.
remedial	Giving or intended as a remedy or cure. Remedial education.
remedy	Set straight or right. Compensation is available as a remedy against governmental institutions.
repair	A result of repairing something. This treatment repaired my health.
salubrious	(of a place) pleasant; not run-down. The salubrious mountain air and water.
salutary	Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health. The salutary Atlantic air.
salve	Apply salve to. They salved my cuts and stopped the bleeding.
scar	Mark with a scar. His arm will not scar.
therapeutic	Having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of well-being. Therapeutic approach to criminality.
treatment	Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury. The treatment of water sewage.