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remedial

[ri-mee-dee-uhl] / rɪˈmi di əl /
ADJECTIVE
healing, restorative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
corrective therapeutic
WEAK
alleviative antidotal antiseptic curative curing health-giving healthful invigorating medicating medicinal purifying recuperative reformative remedying repairing restitutive sanative sanatory solving soothing tonic treating vulnerary wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
damaging

Example Sentences

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Inventory management, cash flow and marketing are essential subjects in any business narrative, but readers looking for that story will be disappointed with observations bordering on the remedial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 100 years of public education, we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to teaching remedial English in college.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

These special programs that are supposed to be remedial do harm, not just good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Infection levels returned to normal by late 2020 after remedial work on the water systems.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Shortly after, remedial reading classes were arranged for me with a very old nun.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.