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curative

[kyoor-uh-tiv] / ˈkyʊər ə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
healing, health-giving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
corrective healthful invigorating medicinal remedial salutary therapeutic
STRONG
curing pick-me-up restorative tonic
WEAK
alleviative beneficial helpful medicable medicative remedying sanative shot in the arm vulnerary what the doctor ordered wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
damaging harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
hurting painful

Example Sentences

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Watt Smith’s “Bad Friend” proved a much-needed curative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

So when my oncologist used the words "curative intent" in a meeting to discuss treatment, I felt a huge weight lift off my chest.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

But the specific pathways by which the virus does so are still being elucidated, and curative treatments are nonexistent.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

"Also, the genetic mechanisms of disease that we have identified offer the potential to guide development of curative therapies," adds co-lead author Aaron J. Deutsch, MD, an instructor in the division of Endocrinology at MGH.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Mom was big on the curative powers of sleep.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix