Synonyms of curing

curing 1 of 2

adjective

as in curative

Related Words

• curative
• therapeutic
• medicinal
• rectifying
• remedial
• recuperative
• rehabilitative
• reparative
• remedying
• corrective
• reformatory
• reformative
• beneficial
• animating
• quickening
• healthful
• helpful
• strengthening
• healthy
• exhilarating
• salubrious
• salutary
• conditioning
• wholesome
• reviving
• bracing
• sharp
• exhilarative
• rejuvenating
• stimulating
• restorative
• refreshing
• vitalizing
• tonic
• stimulative
• vital
• life-giving
• cordial
• invigorating

Dissimilar Words

• draining
• weakening
• debilitating
• deadening
• numbing
• exhausting
• injurious
• deleterious
• pernicious
• enfeebling
• sapping
• enervating
• wearying
• unhealthy
• noxious
• unhealthful
• unwholesome
• insalubrious

curing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of cure

1

as in healing

to bring about recovery from

do you have anything that will cure my headache?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healing
• alleviating
• remedying
• relieving
• treating
• soothing
• mending
• allaying
• easing
• tempering
• diagnosing
• lightening
• moderating
• salving
• palliating
• assuaging
• medicating
• doctoring
• nursing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• aggravating
• misdiagnosing
• overdiagnosing
• underdiagnosing

2

as in rehabilitating

to restore to a healthy condition

the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• healing
• rehabilitating
• fixing
• treating
• repairing
• relieving
• alleviating
• reviving
• mending
• setting up
• rehabbing
• attending (to)
• remedying
• medicating
• doctoring
• ministering (to)
• revitalizing
• renewing
• rejuvenating
• physicking
• caring (for)
• fortifying
• nursing
• resuscitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disabling
• crippling
• impairing
• damaging
• hurting
• injuring
• harming
• wounding
• mutilating
• wasting
• ailing
• weakening
• maiming
• afflicting
• debilitating
• laming
• mangling
• lacerating
• sapping
• enervating
• sickening
• laying up
• enfeebling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curing

Verb

Material profiles, printer settings, wash cycles, and curing profiles all work together automatically. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

The trailblazer who's become the face of curing cancer with a therapy developed here in the City of Brotherly Love. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

This set includes six 13-inch placemats made from 100 percent rattan and finished with an artisan smoke-curing technique that enhances their natural color. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026

Participants can move from SoulCycle rides and hot yoga sessions to strength training, red light therapy, peptide consultations, and recovery experiences—all while supporting scientific research for curing cancer through The Beljanski Foundation. — Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

His passions lie in using AI to solve scientific puzzles, like curing diseases and discovering new materials, and in ensuring that AI doesn’t accidentally cause catastrophic harm to humanity. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

The water has more than 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt, creating more buoyancy than the Dead Sea, but without curing your skin to jerky. — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

Until recently, the finest 3D printing available was stereolithography, and its method for printing high-resolution structures at the atomic scale required curing its resin with ultraviolet (UV) rays. — New Atlas, 19 July 2026

America at 250 seems stuck in a miasma of rival populisms that offer irreconcilable visions for curing what ails our country. — Will Marshall, Washington Post, 18 July 2026