Synonyms of convalesce

convalesce

verb

as in to recover

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

the long months that the soldier spent in the hospital slowly convalescing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recover
• recuperate
• heal
• improve
• recoup
• come back
• gain
• mend
• rally
• pull round
• snap back
• survive
• come to
• revive
• come around
• come round
• recruit
• cheer (up)
• perk (up)
• pull through
• pick up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come down
• collapse
• fail
• deteriorate
• weaken
• decline
• wilt
• worsen
• fade
• sink
• sicken
• waste (away)
• degenerate
• ail
• wither
• languish
• relapse
• regress

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