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healing
Synonyms and Antonyms of 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 curative, medicinal, officinal, remedial, restorative, therapeuticRelated Words healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome; alleviative, corrective, tonicNear Antonyms insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; deleterious, injurious, pernicious; infectious, poisonous, toxic; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill; insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary
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healing
Synonyms and Antonyms of healing
the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength the long period of healing following the operation Synonyms comeback, convalescence, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapbackRelated Words resuscitation, revival; survivalNear Antonyms decline, degeneration, deterioration, fading, failing, languishing, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering, worsening; regression, relapse
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