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

Venus enters Libra and your 12th House of Solitude, bringing healing, privacy, and quiet restoration. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

In a February social media post on X, Huffines said the property has been renamed San Rafael Ranch after a saint associated with healing and that his family plans to operate a Christian retreat there. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

In a February social media post, Huffines said the property has been renamed San Rafael Ranch after a saint associated with healing and that his family plans to operate a Christian retreat there. — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

The tests demonstrate the underlying sensing and healing mechanisms, not a finished skin ready to spend years clinging to a deep-sea robot. — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026

Mary Monastery, where hundreds of worshippers had gathered for a holy water cleansing ritual that is popular among people seeking spiritual healing for chronic illnesses. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Scher, an emotional therapy healing expert, knows that better than anyone. — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

The Kea Lani also offers customized health and wellness coaching, sound healing immersion and relaxing yoga sessions using aromatherapy, reiki healing and restorative movement. — Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026

Below, Cretton opens up about the addition of Jean Grey, his visual style and navigating the friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man through a dark web toward healing. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 3 Aug. 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

Through this referral program, patients would be connected to potentially healing cultural activities by their health care providers. — News Desk, Artforum, 30 July 2026

And for some parents, healing their kids' eating disorders can also mean healing themselves. — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Animal studies have also found that green light therapy is effective at healing burn wounds. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 29 July 2026

This combination of strong demand and shrinking supply is setting the stage for healing occupancy and a gradual return of pricing power in the rental market. — Brad Hunter, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

He’d originally been scheduled to tape in April but was forced to push while healing from a broken arm. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 July 2026

If being happy and fulfilled helps a person at work, then Aaron Rodgers is apparently setting the table for a good final NFL season because his strained relationship with his parents seems to be healing. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

In a small, leatherbound English-Greek and Greek-English dictionary was a photo of his parents walking by the seashore in Loutraki, a place not far from Corinth, known for its therapeutic, healing springs. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Chlorine doesn't magically seal a shaving nick, scraped knee, or healing surgical incision. — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026