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therapeutic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of therapeutic

tending to cure disease or restore health

gentle exercise can be therapeutic for hospital patients

Synonyms of therapeutic

curative, healing, medicinal, officinal, remedial, restorative

Words Related to therapeutic

healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutary, sanative, wholesome

alleviative, corrective, tonic

Near Antonyms of therapeutic

insalubrious, noisome, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome

deleterious, injurious, pernicious

infectious, poisonous, toxic

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

insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

therapeutic

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of therapeutic

something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable

some charitable work might be the best therapeutic for that guy's total self-absorption

Synonyms of therapeutic

antidote, corrective, curative, cure, rectifier, remedy, therapy

Words Related to therapeutic

cure-all, elixir, panacea

answer, solution

aid, help, relief, succor

balm, medicinal, medicine, palliative

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