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corrective

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of corrective

1 serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition

  • eyeglasses are called corrective lenses by the department of motor vehicles
Synonyms of corrective

amendatory, rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory
Words Related to corrective

curative, medicinal, therapeutic

reparative, restorative

beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome

antidotal, counteractive, counterbalancing

2 inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment

  • a corrective sentence of five years' hard labor
Synonyms of corrective

castigating, chastening, chastising, correcting, correctional, disciplinary, disciplining, penal, penalizing, punitive
Words Related to corrective

retaliative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, revengeful

vengeful, wrathful
Near Antonyms of corrective

compensatory

acquitting, exculpating, exculpatory, exonerating, vindicating

absolving, condoning, pardoning, remitting

commuting, reprieving
Antonyms of corrective

nonpunitive

corrective

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of corrective

1 a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective

  • a substantial outflow of people proved to be the necessary corrective for the spiraling cost of housing
Synonyms of corrective

balance, canceler (or canceller), counter, counteraction, counterbalance, counterforce, counterpoise, counterweight, equipoise, neutralizer, offset
Words Related to corrective

trade-off

ballast, weight

2 something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable

  • the only corrective to bad behavior is good, firm discipline
Synonyms of corrective

antidote, curative, cure, rectifier, remedy, therapeutic, therapy
Words Related to corrective

cure-all, elixir, panacea

answer, solution

aid, help, relief, succor

balm, medicinal, medicine, palliative

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