Antonyms for panacea

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pan-uh-see-uh

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæn əˈsi ə

Definition of panacea

Origin : "universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric). Earlier in English as panace (1510s).

noun cure-all

Example sentences :

A brick may be considered a panacea, and may be carried in the hat.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various

Government interference, the panacea of cranks and schemers.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

It is merely a spoon with which the panacea can be administered.
Extract from : « The New Nation » by Frederic L. Paxson

Then rest is sought for—rest is looked for as the panacea for all evils.
Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston

I'm not a woman—tears are no panacea for suffering like mine.
Extract from : « The Music Master » by Charles Klein

He is not offering a panacea for the Jewish problem, universally applicable.
Extract from : « The Melting-Pot » by Israel Zangwill

Tea is your panacea for all human ills yet there isn't any nourishment in it.
Extract from : « Rose in Bloom » by Louisa May Alcott

Liberty was the watchword of society—the panacea for all social ills.
Extract from : « The Spirit of American Government » by J. Allen Smith

There was Plasmon, that "panacea for all human ills which osteopathy could not reach."
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Mark Twain » by Van Wyck Brooks

Margaret did not feel as if the dinner-parties would be a panacea.
Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Synonyms for panacea

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