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healing

adjective

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 remedy for malaria.
Synonyms of healing

curative, medicinal, remedial, restorative, therapeutic
Words Related to healing

healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome

alleviative, corrective, tonic
Near 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

healing

noun

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 of healing

comeback, convalescence, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation, snapback
Words Related to healing

resuscitation, revival

survival
Near Antonyms of healing

decline, degeneration, deterioration, fading, failing, languishing, sinking, wasting (away), weakening, wilting, withering, worsening

regression, relapse

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  1. Medical Dictionary: Definition of healing Nglish: Translation of healing for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of healing for Arabic speakers

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