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noun (1)

ˈkyu̇r How to pronounce cure (audio)
Definition of curenext
1
as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom

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2
as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer

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cure

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verb

1
as in to heal
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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2
as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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curé

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noun (2)

as in curate

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Recent Examples of cure
Noun
Writers argue in our opinion section about calculator theft, the cure for teenage sleep deprivation, grade inflation, AI policies, and more. — Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 What patients and physicians can do Switching stoves is not a cure for asthma and may not help everyone. — Ashwini Sehgal, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Verb
Gas Station Biscuits and Publix Are Sacred There’s nothing that can’t be cured by a chicken biscuit or Pub Sub from Publix, that much anyone who went to a Southern college knows to be true. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2026 They are even being cited as the drugs that can cure addiction to other drugs. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
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Writers argue in our opinion section about calculator theft, the cure for teenage sleep deprivation, grade inflation, AI policies, and more. — Annabelle Garland, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 What patients and physicians can do Switching stoves is not a cure for asthma and may not help everyone. — Ashwini Sehgal, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure
  1. antidote
  2. remedy
  3. heal
  4. rehabilitate
  5. parson
  6. solution
  7. drug
  8. alleviate
Noun
  • The antidote begins with recognizing that leadership calls you to change others as much as yourself.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Where Gen Z seems to go along as an antidote to digital overload, the same hobbies are the only retirement lifestyle that many can afford.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of antidote
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  • The immediate remedy is to add more technology, more governance layers, more specialized metrics and more rigorous oversight.
    — Susana Cabrera, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The remedy is oral rehydration solution, which is a mixture of clean water, sugar and salts.
    — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of remedy
Verb
  • Written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari (Transformers One, Ant-Man and the Wasp), Pathetic Fallacy follows a young widower to a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Kea Lani also offers customized health and wellness coaching, sound healing immersion and relaxing yoga sessions using aromatherapy, reiki healing and restorative movement.
    — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of heal
Verb
  • Yet while those aforementioned creatures still get rehabilitated on a regular basis, they’re now greatly surpassed in popular visibility by a cannibal undead that didn’t even exist in the genre until more recent decades.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • Maybe the domain is too diseased to rehabilitate for clicks, even under its supposedly privacy-forward rebrand.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Definition of rehabilitate
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  • And what does the old man who sleeps by the fire know about the dead parson?
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
  • It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of parson
Noun
  • The backtracking illustrates how the politics of criminal justice have shifted since 2020, posing dilemmas for Democrats’ midterm strategy and their ability to enact their preferred solutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Perfectionist vibes abound for this first family of reality TV, and all five have given glimpses into their kitchen storage solutions, maintained by teams of staff.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of solution
Noun
  • If a clinic is compounding its own drugs, ask whether that’s done at the clinic or through a licensed, inspected compounding pharmacy.
    — Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • The narrative then jumps forward to a time in the distant future in a segregated Britain, where Black people are condemned to a ghetto riddled with drugs and ruled by gangs.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026
Definition of drug
Verb
  • Adding Skubal alleviates some of the weight of that decision.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The patented, portable Ready Rocker is ergonomically designed to help alleviate discomfort, relieve back pain, reduce stress, calm anxiety and improve sleep, fitting both deep and shallow seating with two rocking positions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
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