Synonyms of heal

heal

verb

ˈhēl 

1

as in to rehabilitate

to restore to a healthy condition

a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart

heal the sick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rehabilitate
• cure
• fix
• treat
• repair
• revive
• relieve
• alleviate
• mend
• set up
• rehab
• renew
• attend (to)
• minister (to)
• remedy
• revitalize
• medicate
• care (for)
• nurse
• fortify
• rejuvenate
• physic
• resuscitate
• doctor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to recover

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to cure

to bring about recovery from

time heals all wounds, even those of the heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cure
• alleviate
• remedy
• relieve
• soothe
• mend
• treat
• ease
• allay
• lighten
• salve
• assuage
• diagnose
• temper
• moderate
• palliate
• medicate
• nurse
• doctor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravate
• worsen
• misdiagnose
• overdiagnose
• underdiagnose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heal

Nothing erases the toll of 12,000 steps quite like a 60-minute Herbal Bliss healing journey. — Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

And make this little holy moment for yourself, this little spiritual realization of a kind of balance or play in your physical environment and that will heal you. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

And that was the turning point in my mental health journey of starting to heal in that sense. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

It is widely accepted across party lines that more voluntary national service is something that can not only help heal wounds within the country, but also help young Americans. — Emily Staunton, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026