Synonyms of recuperating

recuperating 1 of 2

adjective

as in recovering

Related Words

• recovering
• better
• convalescing
• improved
• mending
• cured
• rehabilitated
• hardy
• conditioned
• stalwart
• hearty
• robust
• able-bodied
• tough
• lusty
• well
• thriving
• bouncing
• flourishing
• blooming
• fit
• strong
• healthful
• chipper
• whole
• healthy
• rugged
• well-conditioned
• hale
• wholesome
• sound
• flush

Dissimilar Words

• sick
• ill
• ailing
• indisposed
• poorly
• unwell
• down
• bad
• unhealthy
• unsound
• peaked
• sickened
• symptomatic
• punk
• run-down
• peaky
• lousy
• seedy
• sickish
• cruddy

recuperating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of recuperate

as in healing

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recuperating

Verb

Pogačar may be back home in Monaco and recuperating — but Slovenians are still winning mountain stages. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Young agent Nina is recuperating in Corfu after a botched mission in the Balkans, but the idyllic landscape darkens when an agent is murdered. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

In Fire & Blood, Martin writes how Sunfyre survived the battle of Rook’s Rest, but was essentially flightless for a time while recuperating. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

The process that top athletes go through to heal physically, mentally and emotionally highlights what a recovery might demand of athletes at all levels, as well as people experiencing chronic pain, recuperating from surgery or facing other setbacks. — ABC News, 13 July 2026

Ella Hadley spent a while recuperating in France, then decided to keep travelling. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

After recuperating from burns to his hands and face suffered in the crash, Morris went back to meet his wife in France, and eventually made their way in July back to Homewood, traversing the Atlantic this time by steamer. — Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026

The bird underwent surgery and spent several weeks recuperating. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Thanks to the intervention of an outstanding medical team at MGH, George was stabilized after spending more than 10 days in intensive care, and is now recuperating. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026