Synonyms of cured

cured 1 of 2

adjective

as in well

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

cured

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cure

1

as in healed

to bring about recovery from

do you have anything that will cure my headache?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healed
• remedied
• alleviated
• relieved
• soothed
• treated
• mended
• allayed
• diagnosed
• eased
• tempered
• lightened
• medicated
• moderated
• assuaged
• palliated
• salved
• doctored
• nursed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravated
• worsened
• misdiagnosed
• overdiagnosed
• underdiagnosed

2

as in rehabilitated

to restore to a healthy condition

the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healed
• rehabilitated
• fixed
• treated
• repaired
• relieved
• revived
• set up
• alleviated
• mended
• rehabbed
• medicated
• attended (to)
• remedied
• renewed
• ministered (to)
• doctored
• resuscitated
• rejuvenated
• physicked
• revitalized
• nursed
• fortified
• cared (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impaired
• damaged
• wounded
• disabled
• injured
• crippled
• hurt
• harmed
• mutilated
• afflicted
• mangled
• weakened
• wasted
• maimed
• lamed
• laid up
• lacerated
• sickened
• sapped
• ailed
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• enervated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cured

Adjective

These semi-cured nail strips from HeyHae are my new favorite solution. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2025

Verb

There was a dime store, a haberdashery, and a newspaper; for a while, Sam delivered fresh produce and cured meats by horse and buggy. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Community discussions about it intensified after Timothy Ray Brown — the first person documented to be cured of HIV — later faced housing difficulties. — Jeff Berry, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026

The medical model locates disability inside the individual, a deficit to be cured, corrected or endured until the person can function in a world built without them. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

While not immune to echoes, most people are chatting about the lineup of Czech cheeses, cured meats, and breads on offer. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Anchovies are typically cured for around six months, but these, caught only in the waters off Asturias, spend more than two years maturing in salt. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

At the buffet, fill your plate with local cheeses, breads, muesli and cured meats like Schopfspeck prepared by the on-site butcher, or order from the à la carte menu and watch as the chefs prepare each dish in the open kitchen. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 3 Aug. 2026

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

If Ibrahim had finished the antibiotics, perhaps the drugs would have cured him of the illness. — Kazeem Olawale Nasiru, NPR, 17 July 2026