REHABILITATIVE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

rehabilitative

adjective

as in remedial

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Recent Examples of rehabilitative Trump’s order calls for veterans from around the country to come for rehabilitative services. — 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 Defendants may be screened for diversion programming, which redirects eligible individuals away from conviction and toward rehabilitative services, such as substance use or domestic violence offender treatment. — Rebecca Dunlea, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 San Diego’s leadership should recognize the urgency of these challenges as part of a broader civic agenda and increase resources for early interventions that are rehabilitative rather than punitive. — Muhammad Aquil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Her mother responded that prison was meant to be rehabilitative. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 The goal is to reduce wait times by having patients receive physician, diagnostic, operative and rehabilitative care all in one location. — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026 Proceeds will go to the Resident Recreation Fund, which provides programs and activities for those living at the center, which offers long- and short-term rehabilitative services to DuPage County residents. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026 Among the 13 categories deemed high risk for fraud are adult companion, day and rehabilitative mental health services, individualized home supports, residential treatment services and more. — Riley Moser, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitative

Adjective

The order required that ICE develop and file, within 14 days, a remedial plan to implement comprehensive systems for medical care and disability accommodations.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026
By contrast, Rule 11 sanctions are not so much remedial but are punitive in nature.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of remedial

Adjective

Importantly, the robot maintained stable locomotion throughout testing, showing that the AI controller could effectively harness passive energy stored in the compliant feet without introducing instability or excessive corrective movements.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
While taxiing on the water, the seaplane reportedly veered left and failed to respond to corrective efforts before striking a dock and sinking in approximately 100 feet of water.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrective

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

Visitors have been coming to the restorative springs for more than a hundred years—a reminder that travel for better health is hardly a new idea.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
Karen Levi, the chief deputy state’s attorney for restorative justice, said there are programs where a person with an addiction can receive treatment rather than going to jail.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of restorative

Adjective

Types of calming aid There are a few different ways to tackle anxiety, both as a preventive and recuperative means.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Riverwork, only her second novel after a lifetime of ludic, elliptical poetry, assigns itself an essentially recuperative and archival undertaking.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Definition of recuperative

Adjective

Despite the abundance of berries, the fragrance never veers into the medicinal territory that cherry can sometimes take on.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026
These Europeans did not similarly preserve the knowledge held by Caribbean communities about the plant’s medicinal uses.

— Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026

Definition of medicinal

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