| Main Entry: | restorative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | medicinal |
Synonyms: |
antidotal, corrective, curative, healthful, recuperative, remedial, therapeutic |
| Main Entry: | restorative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | therapeutic |
Synonyms: |
analeptic, corrective, curable, healing, medicinal, remedial, tonic |
Antonyms: |
neglectful |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something soothing |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, anodyne, assuagement, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, palliative, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, soother |
| Main Entry: | bracing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk; exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
animating, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, quickening, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
debilitating, exhausting, tiring |
| Main Entry: | corrective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, curing |
Synonyms: |
antidotal, counteracting, curative, disciplinary, palliative, penal, punitive, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, restorative, therapeutic |
Antonyms: |
harmful, hurtful, hurting, injurious, paining |
| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
Synonyms: |
corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
Antonyms: |
disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | curative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, health-giving |
Synonyms: |
alleviative, beneficial, corrective, curing, healthful, helpful, invigorating, medicable, medicative, medicinal, pick-me-up, remedial, remedying, restorative, salutary, sanative, shot in the arm, therapeutic, tonic, vulnerary, what the doctor ordered, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
harmful, hurting, injurious, painful |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solution to problem, often health |
Synonyms: |
aid, alleviation, antidote, assistance, catholicon, corrective, counteractant, counteragent, countermeasure, drug, elixir, elixir vitae, fix, healing, healing agent, help, medicament, medicant, medication, medicine, nostrum, panacea, pharmacon, physic, placebo, proprietary, quick fix, recovery, redress, remedy, reparation, restora-tive, therapeutic, treatment |
Antonyms: |
disease, problem |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
Synonyms: |
absorbing, affecting, be a ball, captivating, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, recreative, relaxing, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, side-splitting, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty |
Antonyms: |
boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unamusing, unfunny, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | grateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, nice |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, agreeable, comforting, congenial, consoling, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, favorable, good, gratifying, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, refreshing, rejuvenating, renewing, restful, restorative, restoring, satisfactory, satisfying, solacing, welcome |
| Notes: | grateful means feeling or showing gratitude or feeling thankful; gratified means having received what was desired; gratuitous means costing nothing or free - unnecessary or unwarranted - without cause |
Antonyms: |
abusive, mean, rude, ungrateful |