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heal - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | heal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cure, recover |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, attend, bring around, compose, conciliate, convalesce, doctor, dress, fix, free, harmonize, improve, knit, meliorate, mend, patch up, rebuild, reconcile, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revive, salve, set, settle, soothe, treat, get well, make healthy, make sound, make well, make whole, medicate, minister to, physic, put on feet again, reanimate, revivify |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web, crochet, purl |
| Notes: | to knit means to make a fabric or garment by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops by using knitting needles or on a machine, while a nit is the egg or young of a parasitic insect |
| Antonyms: | unknit |
| Main Entry: | mend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, improve, fix |
| Synonyms: | aid, ameliorate, amend, better, condition, convalesce, cure, darn, doctor, emend, gain, heal, knit, look up, overhaul, patch, perk up, ready, rebuild, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, reform, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew, fiddle with, get better, get well, recondition, refit |
| Antonyms: | break, destroy, hurt, ruin, weaken |
| Main Entry: | minister |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, serve |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, administer, aid, answer, attend, cure, do for, doctor, foster, heal, nurse, pander, remedy, succor, tend, treat, wait on, be solicitous of, cater to, pander to, take care of, watch over |
| Antonyms: | hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | rebound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce back; ricochet |
| Synonyms: | backfire, boomerang, convalesce, get back on one's feet, get better, get in shape, get well, heal, kick back, make a comeback, mend, overcome, pick up, pull through, rally, recoil, recuperate, regain one's health, rejuvenate, return, return to form, revive, snap back, spring back, start anew |
| Main Entry: | recuperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve in health |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, be on the mend, be out of the woods, bounce back*, convalesce, gain, get back on one's feet, get better, get well, heal, look up, make a comeback, mend, perk up*, pick up, pull out of it, pull through, rally, recover, regain health, snap out of it, turn the corner |
| Antonyms: | decline, deteriorate, fail, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remedy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, cure |
| Synonyms: | aid, alleviate, ameliorate, amend, assuage, attend, change, clean up, clean up one's act, control, correct, debug*, doctor, ease, fiddle with, fix up, go over, heal, help, launder, make up for, mitigate, palliate, pick up, put right, recalibrate, rectify, redress, reform, relieve, renew, repair, restore, revise, right, scrub, set right, set to rights, shape up, solve, soothe, square up, square*, straighten out, treat, upgrade |
| Antonyms: | get sick, harm, hurt, injure, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ally, assuage, balm, calm, calm down, ease, heal, mollify, pacify, quiet, relieve, settle, soften, still, unburden, becalm, cool off, pour oil on, smooth down, take the edge off, take the sting out of, untrouble |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, restore |
| Synonyms: | correct, darn, debug*, do up*, doctor*, emend, heal, improve, mend, overhaul, patch, patch up, rebuild, recover, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, retrieve, revamp, revive, right, settle, sew, square*, touch up, compensate for, fiddle with, give a face-lift, make good, make up for, put back together, put in order, put right, recondition, retread |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, destroy, hurt, injure, ruin, spoil, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, make new |
| Synonyms: | build up, cure, heal, improve, make restitution, mend, modernize, rebuild, recall, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reestablish, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, reinforce, reinstate, reintroduce, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, retouch, revive, strengthen, touch up, update, bring back, make healthy, reanimate, recondition, reconstitute, reerect, reimpose, revitalize, revivify, set to rights, win back |
| Antonyms: | break, damage, destroy, hurt |
| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, amend, attend, better, cure, doctor, ease, facilitate, heal, meliorate, mitigate, nourish, palliate, relieve, remedy, restore, revive, treat |
| Antonyms: | decrease, harm, hinder, hurt, injure, worsen |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve in health |
| Synonyms: | be out of woods, better, bounce back*, come around, convalesce, feel oneself again, forge ahead, gain, get back on feet, get better, get in shape, get out from under, get over, get well, grow, heal, increase, make a comeback, mend, overcome, perk up*, pick up, pull through, rally, rebound, recuperate, refresh, regain one's health, regain one's strength, rejuvenate, renew, restore, return to form, revive, snap back, sober up, start anew, take turn for better |
| Antonyms: | decline, deteriorate, wane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doctor, medicate |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, cure, dose, dress, heal, nurse, operate, prescribe, apply treatment, care for, medicament, minister to |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover a wound |
| Synonyms: | attend, bandage, bind, cauterize, cleanse, heal, plaster, sterilize, treat, give first aid, sew up |
| Antonyms: | open, uncover, undress |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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