healing

tending to cure disease or restore health the native peoples of South America recognized the healing powers of the dried bark of the cinchona tree, formerly used as a specific in malaria Synonyms of healing curative, medicinal, officinal, remedial, restorative, therapeuticWords Related to healing healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonicNear Antonyms of healing insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; deleterious, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, toxic; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength the long period of healing following the operation Synonyms of healing comeback, convalescence, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapbackWords Related to healing resuscitation, revival; survivalNear Antonyms of healing decline, degeneration, deterioration, fading, failing, languishing, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering, worsening; regression, relapse