RECUPERATIVE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

recuperative

adjective

Definition of recuperative

as in curative

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Recent Examples of recuperative Lattimore and then-Deputy Director of Housing Stability Kimberly Cleminson exited their roles with the county following an internal investigation related to their involvement with a recuperative care business in Brooklyn Center. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 11 Dec. 2025 While patients are in recuperative care, they are tended to by a JPS nurse and nurse practitioner, and agree to contact JPS staff before going to the emergency room, Stafford said. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Nov. 2025 Among the additional 110 beds, 27 are dedicated to medical recuperative care. — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 The recuperative shelter, a smaller and more private facility with some medical support, is for those who are discharged from the hospital but have no home to go to. — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recuperative

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Adjective

Unfortunately, there are cases where an individual’s illness is so advanced that there is no curative treatment available.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
For patients, the result could be faster access to curative therapies rather than waiting for annual budgets, coverage decisions, and funding constraints to catch up with scientific advances.

— William V. Padula, STAT, 8 June 2026

Definition of curative

Adjective

Trump’s order calls for veterans from around the country to come for rehabilitative services.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
This highly specialized surgical and rehabilitative care is best delivered in a facility like the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, which is specifically designed for kids and staffed with specialists in pediatric care.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026

Definition of rehabilitative

Adjective

From establishing global fuel standards to creating a 'remedial units' system to offset excess emissions to assisting developing countries with capacity building, a lot of work is underway to clean up shipping.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
Total costs for protecting drinking water to federal standards for PFAS will exceed $1 billion in Minnesota, including drinking water treatment, investigation, and remedial actions.

— Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Definition of remedial

Adjective

From the Atlantic shoreline to the Catskills, some of the state’s most restorative summer escapes are just a short escape from New York City.

— Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
These are timeless words; a valuable caution for our own times when national security or restorative justice are invoked to use race to serve the politically popular view of the moment.

— Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026

Definition of restorative

Adjective

The International Monetary Fund said in May that global oil price hikes were eating into mineral export profits — which are a key source of income for the DR Congo, a global mining hub — calling for corrective measures to cushion the shock.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
The weekly stochastics have turned higher from oversold territory, a bullish near-term development that previously marked corrective lows in both January 2025 and January 2026.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of corrective

Adjective

Another example came from Tinic’s IT team, which created an autonomous AI agent to handle almost the entire process for refreshing a worker’s laptop.

— John Kell, Fortune, 8 July 2026
From Solaire’s Pool Bar & Grill, watch the sky shift through shades of gold, orange and pink while enjoying refreshing drinks and light bites.

— Ching Dee, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of refreshing

Adjective

The couple has a passion for healthful eating and taking care of the environment, providing for the land that provides for them, as Hakenah Hulitt put it.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Potatoes are generally considered a more healthful option than rice due to their lower calorie content and higher fiber, iron, potassium, and vitamin B6 content.

— Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026

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