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what the doctor ordered

ADJECTIVE
befitting
Synonyms
STRONG
becoming behooving beseeming conforming correct fit fitting right
WEAK
according to Hoyle apt comme il faut decent decorous felicitous happy just kosher nice on the button on the nose proper right on seemly suitable
Antonyms
STRONG
imprecise improper inaccurate inappropriate incorrect unfit unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong
WEAK
unbecoming
ADJECTIVE
beneficial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benign constructive favorable good helpful profitable useful valuable
WEAK
favoring gainful good for what ails you healthful propitious salubrious salutary serviceable toward wholesome worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hurtful hurting injurious unhelpful useless worthless
WEAK
unfortunate unrewarding
ADJECTIVE
curative
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 wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
damaging harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
hurting painful

Example Sentences

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But after losing twice through a five-game gauntlet to start the season, a 40-point, nonconference win was precisely what the doctor ordered for the Trojans on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

A more forgiving environment in Washington, D.C., combined with a slowing economy could be just what the doctor ordered for pharma stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

What saved the show was comedy writer Terry Nation, who had worked with comic legends like Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes and Tony Hancock - and prescribed what the doctor ordered by accident.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

Fortunately for those of us who are incarcerated, pen-pal services are just what the doctor ordered.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2023

But on this occasion, a fernibuster was just what the doctor ordered.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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