Antonyms for cure
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kyoor |
| Phonetic Transcription : kyʊər |
Definition of cure
Origin :- c.1300, "care, heed," from Latin cura "care, concern, trouble," with many figurative extensions, e.g. "study; administration; a mistress," and also "means of healing, remedy," from Old Latin coira-, from PIE root *kois- "be concerned." Meaning "medical care" is late 14c.
- noun solution to problem, often health
- verb heal, ease bad situation
- verb cook, age food
- If she had, now, she might cure some decent girl of her infatuation.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- They also appear to have successfully applied it to the cure of diseases.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- An accurate knowledge of our defects will soonest lead to their cure.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- It is not strange that when we have swallowed the dose it does little to effect a cure.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Yes, that we may consider and see what ought to have been done to cure him.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- That is what will cure your sick courage even if it cannot cure your sick eyes.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- She was wearier now than ever before, for there was no cure for her malady.
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- "Let me know the next story he tells; I'll cure him," said Mr. Morton, sternly.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- If I'd seen you caring for Monny, I should have found some medicine to cure my heartache.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- It will effect a cure if persevered in; sometimes in less than a week.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
Synonyms for cure
- aid
- alleviate
- alleviation
- ameliorate
- antidote
- assistance
- attend
- better
- catholicon
- cold turkey
- correct
- corrective
- counteractant
- counteragent
- countermeasure
- doctor
- dose
- dress
- drug
- dry
- dry out
- elixir
- elixir vitae
- fire
- fix
- harden
- healing
- healing agent
- help
- improve
- keep
- kick
- kick the habit
- kipper
- make better
- make healthy
- make whole
- medicament
- medicant
- medicate
- medication
- medicine
- mend
- minister to
- nostrum
- nurse
- palliate
- panacea
- pharmacon
- physic
- pickle
- placebo
- preserve
- proprietary
- quick fix
- quit cold
- recovery
- rectify
- redress
- rehabilitate
- relieve
- remedy
- repair
- reparation
- restora-tive
- restore
- restore to health
- right
- salt
- shake
- smoke
- steel
- sweat it out
- temper
- therapeutic
- treat
- treatment
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