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 some evidence that certain patients could be cured with only one injection rather than three, which might increase the available supply. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 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

Some devotees cured of illness vow to stage a days-long passion play or tanggal in the Ama’s honor. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026

Typically, aerospace-grade carbon fibre is cured at temperatures of around 356°F (180°C) inside something called an autoclave (a sort of pressurized oven). — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

There is still nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what’s right with America. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 July 2026

The harm from a dramatic AI-induced increase in mass unemployment would not be cured simply with Universal Basic Income, a policy that shares the gains of AI by simply cutting equal checks to ensure basic sustenance for all. — Gene Sperling, Time, 1 July 2026

But the Shadow has at the very least cured me of my sneakerphobia. — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 29 June 2026