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heal

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of heal

1 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 of heal

cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate, set up
Words Related to heal

attend (to), care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, physic, treat

fortify, rejuvenate, renew, resuscitate, revitalize, revive

alleviate, relieve, remedy, repair
Near Antonyms of heal

cripple, damage, disable, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lacerate, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, wound

afflict, ail, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, lay up, sap, sicken, waste, weaken

2 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 of heal

come back, convalesce, gain, mend, pull round [chiefly British], rally, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back
Words Related to heal

come around, come round, come to, improve, pick up, revive

cheer (up), perk (up)

pull through, survive

recruit
Near Antonyms of heal

ail, collapse, come down, sicken

decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen

regress, relapse

3 to bring about recovery from

  • time heals all wounds, even those of the heart
Synonyms of heal

cure, mend, remedy
Words Related to heal

allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve

palliate, salve, soothe

ease, lighten, moderate, temper

doctor, nurse

medicate, treat

diagnose
Near Antonyms of heal

aggravate, worsen

misdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose

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