Synonyms of mending

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noun

as in rehabilitation

the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength

it was a long slow mending of his injuries from the car crash, but he's fine now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rehabilitation
• recovery
• healing
• rehab
• convalescence
• recuperation
• comeback
• revival
• resuscitation
• survival
• snapback
• rally

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• deterioration
• weakening
• sinking
• decline
• worsening
• degeneration
• fading
• regression
• languishing
• wilting
• withering
• wasting (away)
• relapse

mending

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adjective

as in recovering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovering
• better
• improved
• recuperating
• cured
• convalescing
• rehabilitated
• hardy
• stalwart
• robust
• hearty
• lusty
• tough
• able-bodied
• bouncing
• healthful
• flourishing
• well
• fit
• whole
• strong
• conditioned
• wholesome
• blooming
• thriving
• chipper
• rugged
• healthy
• sound
• hale
• well-conditioned
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ill
• ailing
• sick
• poorly
• down
• bad
• unsound
• unhealthy
• indisposed
• unwell
• punk
• peaked
• symptomatic
• sickened
• peaky
• run-down
• lousy
• seedy
• sickish
• cruddy

mending

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verb

present participle of mend

1

as in repairing

to put into good shape or working order again

that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repairing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• patching
• overhauling
• restoring
• renovating
• reconditioning
• revamping
• adjusting
• doctoring
• renewing
• modifying
• improving
• maintaining
• helping
• preparing
• healing
• refurbishing
• curing
• aiding
• regenerating
• servicing
• refreshing
• reviving
• conditioning
• furbishing
• fixing up
• rectifying
• readying
• righting
• redressing
• reforming
• revitalizing
• correcting
• rejuvenating
• freshening
• enhancing
• ameliorating
• bettering
• enriching
• caring (for)
• refreshening
• meliorating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• hurting
• wrecking
• damaging
• injuring
• ruining
• impairing
• harming
• spoiling
• disfiguring
• defacing
• marring
• disabling
• crippling
• vandalizing
• mutilating
• blemishing
• flawing
• maiming
• mangling

2

as in healing

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovering
• healing
• improving
• recuperating
• convalescing
• recouping
• coming back
• rallying
• gaining
• reviving
• pulling round
• snapping back
• surviving
• coming to
• coming around
• coming round
• cheering (up)
• recruiting
• picking up
• perking (up)
• pulling through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ailing
• coming down
• collapsing
• failing
• deteriorating
• weakening
• declining
• worsening
• sinking
• fading
• wasting (away)
• languishing
• degenerating
• sickening
• withering
• relapsing
• wilting
• regressing

3

as in rehabilitating

to restore to a healthy condition

mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healing
• rehabilitating
• fixing
• curing
• repairing
• treating
• reviving
• relieving
• rehabbing
• setting up
• alleviating
• attending (to)
• renewing
• ministering (to)
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• nursing
• fortifying
• remedying
• doctoring
• medicating
• caring (for)
• physicking
• resuscitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurting
• damaging
• injuring
• disabling
• impairing
• crippling
• wounding
• harming
• mutilating
• ailing
• weakening
• wasting
• maiming
• lacerating
• mangling
• laming
• afflicting
• debilitating
• sapping
• enervating
• laying up
• sickening
• enfeebling

4

as in compensating

to make up for (an offense)

the proverb "least said, soonest mended" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compensating
• repaying
• redeeming
• correcting
• expiating
• amending
• making amends for
• atoning (for)
• rectifying
• making good for
• reimbursing
• redressing
• remunerating
• recompensing
• propitiating

5

as in improving

to change one's behavior or character for the better

everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• amending
• behaving
• reforming
• shaping up
• regenerating
• straightening (up or out)
• cleaning up one's act
• bettering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regressing
• backsliding

6

as in curing

to bring about recovery from

the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healing
• curing
• alleviating
• remedying
• relieving
• soothing
• easing
• treating
• allaying
• lightening
• salving
• tempering
• moderating
• diagnosing
• assuaging
• palliating
• doctoring
• nursing
• medicating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• aggravating
• misdiagnosing
• overdiagnosing
• underdiagnosing