cure
English Thesaurus
1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain (noun.artifact)
hyponym | : | acoustic, |
definition | : | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | antidote, counterpoison, |
definition | : | a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | lenitive, |
definition | : | remedy that eases pain and discomfort (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | application, lotion, |
definition | : | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | magic bullet, |
definition | : | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | balm, ointment, salve, unction, unguent, |
definition | : | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation (noun.artifact) |
part meronym | : | intervention, treatment, |
definition | : | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) (noun.act) |
2. provide a cure for, make healthy again (verb.body)
hypernym | : | aid, help, |
definition | : | improve the condition of (verb.body) |
hyponym | : | recuperate, |
definition | : | restore to good health or strength (verb.body) |
entail | : | care for, treat, |
definition | : | provide treatment for (verb.body) |
domain category | : | medicine, practice of medicine, |
definition | : | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries (noun.act) |
3. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change)
hypernym | : | keep, preserve, |
definition | : | prevent (food) from rotting (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | dun, |
definition | : | cure by salting (verb.change) |
verb group | : | cure, |
definition | : | be or become preserved (verb.change) |
4. be or become preserved (verb.change)
hypernym | : | change, |
definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
verb group | : | cure, |
definition | : | prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change) |
5. make (substances) hard and improve their usability (verb.change)
hypernym | : | harden, indurate, |
definition | : | become hard or harder (verb.change) |
6. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | relieve, remedy, |
definition | : | provide relief for (verb.body) |
7. provide a cure for, make healthy again (verb.body)
derivation | : | healer, therapist, |
definition | : | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy (noun.person) |
derivation | : | curable, |
definition | : | curing or healing is possible (adj.all) |
8. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change)
9. make (substances) hard and improve their usability (verb.change)
derivation | : | curable, |
definition | : | capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent (adj.all) |
10. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain (noun.artifact)
derivation | : | relieve, remedy, |
definition | : | provide relief for (verb.body) |
11. provide a cure for, make healthy again (verb.body)
derivation | : | healer, therapist, |
definition | : | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy (noun.person) |
derivation | : | curable, |
definition | : | curing or healing is possible (adj.all) |
12. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve (verb.change)
13. make (substances) hard and improve their usability (verb.change)
derivation | : | curable, |
definition | : | capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent (adj.all) |
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