Synonyms of heal

heal

verb

ˈhēl 

1

as in to rehabilitate

to restore to a healthy condition

a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate exercise, and stress management help heal a diseased heart

heal the sick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rehabilitate
• cure
• fix
• treat
• repair
• revive
• relieve
• alleviate
• mend
• set up
• rehab
• renew
• attend (to)
• minister (to)
• remedy
• revitalize
• medicate
• care (for)
• nurse
• fortify
• rejuvenate
• physic
• resuscitate
• doctor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hurt
• wound
• damage
• injure
• harm
• impair
• cripple
• disable
• mutilate
• maim
• weaken
• lacerate
• afflict
• waste
• mangle
• sicken
• lame
• ail
• sap
• lay up
• debilitate
• enfeeble
• enervate

2

as in to recover

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

most of the soldiers could go home while they were still healing from their wounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recover
• improve
• recuperate
• come back
• recoup
• mend
• gain
• convalesce
• snap back
• rally
• pull round
• survive
• revive
• come to
• come around
• come round
• recruit
• cheer (up)
• pull through
• pick up
• perk (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come down
• collapse
• fail
• weaken
• fade
• deteriorate
• wilt
• worsen
• decline
• waste (away)
• sink
• sicken
• wither
• degenerate
• ail
• languish
• relapse
• regress

3

as in to cure

to bring about recovery from

time heals all wounds, even those of the heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cure
• alleviate
• remedy
• relieve
• soothe
• mend
• treat
• ease
• allay
• lighten
• salve
• assuage
• diagnose
• temper
• moderate
• palliate
• medicate
• nurse
• doctor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravate
• worsen
• misdiagnose
• overdiagnose
• underdiagnose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heal

The record was just a year of me healing myself through making music. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

Simply beholding and appreciating the intact state of ourselves here as God’s brilliant image is prayer that heals. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

Broadly speaking, in the studies the Flinders researchers looked at, these dressings were applied to a range of slow-to-heal skin wounds on mice and rats, and their recovery was tracked over about one to three weeks. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026

Living with loss means discovering that time does not, in fact, heal all wounds, because time is itself the wound. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026