Synonyms for cure
verb
To heal
make well, make healthy, restore, make whole; see heal 1.
To preserve
keep, salt, smoke, pickle; see preserve 3.
To correct
remedy, rectify, counteract, rid; see correct 1, remedy. See syn. study at heal.
See cure in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
cure heal remedy
These verbs mean to set right an undesirable or unhealthy condition: cure an ailing economy; heal a wounded spirit; remedy a structural defect.
See cure in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An agent used to restore health:
elixir, medicament, medication, medicine, nostrum, physic, remedy. See healthSomething that corrects or counteracts:
antidote, corrective, countermeasure, curative, remedy. See better
verb
To rectify (an undesirable or unhealthy condition):
heal, remedy. See health
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