Synonyms of healing

healing 1 of 3

noun

as in recovery

the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength

the long period of healing following the operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovery
• rehabilitation
• rehab
• recuperation
• convalescence
• mending
• comeback
• revival
• survival
• resuscitation
• rally
• snapback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deterioration
• failing
• decline
• degeneration
• weakening
• sinking
• fading
• worsening
• regression
• wilting
• relapse
• wasting (away)
• languishing
• withering

healing

2 of 3

adjective

as in medicinal

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 & Similar Words

• medicinal
• therapeutic
• curative
• restorative
• remedial
• healthful
• officinal
• healthy
• wholesome
• sanative
• salutary
• corrective
• salubrious
• tonic
• alleviative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhealthy
• noxious
• deleterious
• toxic
• injurious
• unwholesome
• unhealthful
• pernicious
• infectious
• damaging
• poisonous
• harmful
• detrimental
• ill
• adverse
• bad
• hurtful
• noisome
• insalubrious
• baneful
• baleful
• unsanitary
• insanitary
• unhygienic

healing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of heal

1

as in rehabilitating

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in recovering

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

• recovering
• improving
• recuperating
• convalescing
• gaining
• recouping
• coming back
• mending
• rallying
• pulling round
• snapping back
• surviving
• reviving
• coming to
• coming around
• coming round
• cheering (up)
• recruiting
• picking up
• perking (up)
• pulling through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ailing
• coming down
• collapsing
• declining
• failing
• deteriorating
• weakening
• worsening
• fading
• wasting (away)
• sinking
• degenerating
• sickening
• languishing
• relapsing
• withering
• wilting
• regressing

3

as in curing

to bring about recovery from

time heals all wounds, even those of the heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• aggravating
• misdiagnosing
• overdiagnosing
• underdiagnosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of healing

Noun

They should also be avoided on active acne, open wounds, sunburned skin, or healing areas. — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 15 July 2026

But for a number of travelers the appeal of these restorative trips isn’t just the chance to unplug through what some might consider seemingly countless healing techniques. — Katie Camero, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Importantly, most of the bones with tooth marks do not have any evidence of healing. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026

The 6-week postpartum visit covers physical, emotional, and psychosocial recovery, including checking blood pressure, healing, and offering space for important questions. — Isabel Lopez, Parents, 14 July 2026

Break open its thick, fleshy leaves to reveal burn-healing gel. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026

Check for after-hour shows and special events too, like yoga and sound healing held inside the dome. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 14 July 2026

Oh, Brittney Spencer’s voice is like an instrument of divine sonic healing. — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 July 2026

Hair transplant outcomes depend on patient hair characteristics, the degree of hair loss, graft planning, technique, surgeon experience and healing. — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Adjective

Other symptoms include non-healing or bleeding wounds and feeling or seeing the maggots. — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Persistent claudication, non-healing wounds, severe swelling and numbness that doesn’t resolve are all reasons to see a clinician. — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026

That becomes this very healing social situation. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025

Verb

The company wanted drug-containing particles to remain evenly distributed throughout the implants so healing nerves would receive a consistent supply of regenerative compounds. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

The Yankees are hopeful the images show that Judge, who was diagnosed last month with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side, is healing. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 9 July 2026

The book offers guidance on how to maintain compassionate and respectful ties with a former spouse while also healing and moving forward. — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 6 July 2026

Adding these impacts to the early Earth’s heat budget, though, proved rather challenging because Earth has a peculiar way of healing its scars. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

By contrast, bridge-building leadership works by healing divides. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

The American pope has prioritized church unity and healing tensions with traditionalists that worsened during the Pope Francis pontificate. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

The consecrations amounted to a crisis for Leo, who has prioritized church unity and healing tensions with traditionalists that worsened during Pope Francis’ pontificate. — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Talking to someone who didn’t know me or my situation and just listened was really healing for me. — Kelly Morlan, Health, 30 June 2026