remedial

remedial

adjective

Definition of REMEDIAL

1

serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition <took a remedial math course over the summer so he'd be ready for algebra the following school year>

Synonyms amendatory, rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory

Related Words curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome; antidotal, counteractive, counterbalancing

2

tending to cure disease or restore health <unfortunately, with a cold virus, there are few remedial measures besides fluids and rest>

Synonyms curative, healing, officinal, remedial, restorative, therapeutic

Related Words healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonic

Near Antonyms insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; deleterious, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, toxic; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary