REHAB Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

rehab 1 of 2

noun

ˈrē-ˌhab

Definition of rehab

as in rehabilitation

the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength the accident victim had to undergo months of rehab before she could walk again

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rehab

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verb

as in to heal

to restore to a healthy condition rehabbing the torture victim's battered body will be easier than restoring his emotional well-being

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Recent Examples of rehab

Noun

This also comes after Nacua performed antisemitic gestures on a livestream last season and had a public stint in rehab in the offseason. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Now, his parents are reportedly considering legal action against the rehab center and the sober coach who allegedly brought him to there and left. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

Yesavage experienced the longest baseball season of his life, Berríos pitched through pain in the regular season and Bieber came off Tommy John rehab right into a pennant race and October push. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 From there, Blair conceived Mark Southard and Davis Hench, two wildly different, aging slackers who are tasked with driving teenage scion Sheridan Kimberly to rehab on behalf of his disengaged billionaire parents. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rehab

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehab

Noun

Anderson subsequently underwent spinal fusion surgery, followed by a monthslong rehabilitation period.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
The tour was cancelled, as the guitarist was hospitalized for two weeks, followed by months of rehabilitation.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of rehabilitation

Verb

Her path crosses with that of Inocência, an enslaved Black woman who possesses healing knowledge, knows the land, and devises her own strategies of resistance.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
If Moton is ready to play and Freeling indeed heals from his knee injury, the Panthers now have a decision to make as to who will start.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of heal

Noun

Recently, the sector has been affected by El Nino, which brings weak monsoons and dry weather, reducing yields and sucrose recovery.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
His message to men dealing with low energy, slow recovery or lagging strength is practical.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovery

Verb

By the end of 2028, crews will have replaced 15 pedestrian and vehicle bridges and rehabilitate seven more.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Along Central Avenue, the nonprofit New Life Homes rehabilitated Luna Lodge into 30 affordable apartments in 2013 and reopened the Sundowner as 71 mixed-income apartments the following year.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of rehabilitate

Verb

The first is to dramatically accelerate the pace of basic science, and the second is to accelerate curing disease and extending health span.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
To cure his sickly daughter, the biotechnologist Raúl finds the cure… inside Lidia (Cindy Galán), her nanny.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026