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medicinal

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of medicinal

1 tending to cure disease or restore health

  • even in Roman times the hot mineral springs of Bath, England, were believed to possess medicinal properties
Synonyms of medicinal

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

healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome

alleviative, corrective, tonic
Near Antonyms of medicinal

insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

deleterious, injurious, pernicious

infectious, poisonous, toxic

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, ill

insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

2 beneficial to the health of body or mind

  • if gin and tonic is the medicinal potion that he claims, then he's done a lot of self-medication of late
Synonyms of medicinal

good, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, sanative, tonic, wholesome
Words Related to medicinal

alleviative, corrective, curative, recuperative, refreshing, rehabilitative, rejuvenating, rejuvenescent, remedial

advantageous, useful

antiseptic, aseptic, clean, hygienic, sanitary

nourishing, nutritional, nutritious

nonpoisonous, nontoxic
Near Antonyms of medicinal

damaging, deleterious, harmful, injurious, pernicious

infectious, poisonous, sickening, toxic

insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary
Antonyms of medicinal

insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

medicinal

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of medicinal

a substance or preparation used to treat disease

  • the discovery that the plant is a potent medicinal once it has been refined
Synonyms of medicinal

cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, remedy, specific
Words Related to medicinal

cure-all, nostrum, panacea

botanical, patent medicine, prescription, prescription drug

cordial, potion, tonic

miracle drug, wonder drug

cap, capsule, pill, tablet

injection, shot

embrocation, liniment, lotion, ointment, potion, poultice, salve

syrup (also sirup), tincture

antibiotic, antiseptic, serum

cathartic, purgative

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