CONVALESCED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

convalesced

verb

past tense of convalesce

as in recovered

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness the long months that the soldier spent in the hospital slowly convalescing

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Recent Examples of convalesced The 17-pound sea turtle had convalesced at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island since being found near death in the frigid Cape Cod waters last November. —

Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 29 May 2026 In fact, in 1928, the summer before Frances and George convalesced at Phillip's House, a scathing report was issued by the National Research Council called the Coroner and the Medical Examiner. —

Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025

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Photos released by the FGR appear to show agents navigating the underground passageway, access points leading into the tunnel and evidence recovered during the operation.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 2 June 2026