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