cure

cure

verb

Definition of CURE

1

to bring about recovery from <do you have anything that will cure my headache?>

Synonyms heal, mend, remedy

Related Words allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve; palliate, salve, soothe; ease, lighten, moderate, temper; doctor, nurse; medicate, treat; diagnose

Near Antonyms aggravate, worsen; misdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose

2

to restore to a healthy condition <the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection>

Synonyms cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate, set up

Related Words attend (to), care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, physic, treat; fortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive; alleviate, relieve, remedy, repair

Near Antonyms cripple, damage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, wound; afflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken