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🧴 A soothing ointment 🌿 A healing resin
balm

balm

9 4.9
A sticky plant substance with a sweet smell used to soothe or perfume
  • noun
  • /bɑːm/
translation icon : bálsamo
  • You can use this balm on body, on face, on lips, on hands.
  • lemon balm
  • lip balm
  • balm of Gilead

The honesty of her heart is a healing balm to me.

Examples

  • He applied a fragrant balm to his chapped lips to moisturize them.

  • Our friendship is a precious balm to my heart.

    Nosferatu (2024)

  • The cool breeze is like a balm to the raw earth.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The honesty of her heart is a healing balm to me.

    I've Had It

  • He very much is a healing balm for our family.

    The Dog Lover (2016)

  • This is the yummy skin moisture repair balm serum for face and body.

  • After the quiet of Mudear's hospital room, Patrice's gay chatter was balm to his soul.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The warmed beeswax released its scent, and he breathed in the green perfume of balm and woodmint.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The herbal balm soothed her sunburned skin after the long day at the beach.

  • After a stressful week, she found solace in a calming balm made from lavender and chamomile.

Synonyms

lip balm
vsbalm
9 1.4

A soft product you put on lips to stop dryness

is a general fragrant resin used for healing and scent, not only lips
balsam
vsbalm
  • Specialized
2 7.7

A sticky fragrant gum from some trees used for medicine and perfumes

is the general fragrant plant resin used for healing and scent
balsam of Peru
vsbalm
  • Specialized
9.4

A dark brown sticky substance from a tree used in perfumes, to add flavour, and to help wounds heal

is broader, not limited to one tree or region
herbal balm
vsbalm
4.0

A soft cream made from herbs that soothes skin and helps it heal

is a resinous plant substance rather than a herbal ointment

Antonyms

poison
94 3.5

Something that slowly harms people or a group, for example hate

irritant
15 6.0

Something that causes discomfort or annoyance, like dust and some cleaners

Compounds

lip balm
9 1.4

A soft product you put on lips to stop dryness

lemon balm
1 3.0

A herb with lemon-scented leaves used in cooking and teas

bee balm
  • US
1 7.4

A garden herb with bright scented flowers that attract bees and butterflies

basil balm
6.9

A small herb with fragrant leaves used for scent, tea, or medicine

balm for a troubled mind
6.1

Something that makes a worried person feel calm

balm of Gilead
  • Literature
9.9

A sticky fragrant substance from a tree that people once used as medicine and perfume

balm of Gilead
  • US
9.9

A medium-sized evergreen tree with needles that smell of pine

balm of Gilead
  • Literature
8.6

Something that brings comfort and relief in times of trouble

field balm
  • UK
8.8

A low-growing herb with lemon-scented leaves used to make calming tea

field balm
  • UK
9.9

A trailing plant like mint with rounded leaves and small purple flowers often grown in hanging baskets

molucca balm
  • Specialized
9.9

An annual scented plant with tall stems and green bell-shaped cups around small white flowers

garden balm
6.2

A bushy plant with lemon-scented leaves and small white or yellow flowers that people use in teas

heart balm
  • Archaic
7.0

Something that makes you feel less sad

herbal balm
4.0

A soft cream made from herbs that soothes skin and helps it heal

horse balm
  • US
9.9

A strong-smelling herb with pointed toothed leaves and small yellow flowers that lives many years

horse chestnut balm
7.5

A cream made from horse chestnut that eases muscle and joint pain

sweet balm
5.7

A bushy herb in the mint family with lemon-scented leaves, also called lemon balm

How Soothing

ointment
49 3.3
balm
9 4.9
palliative
  • Specialized
1 7.7
remedy
77 3.4

Surface Forms

balm singular
balms plural

Etymology

The word balm comes from the old word balsam, which meant a sweet-smelling 'perfume' or 'spice' used for healing. So a balm is a fragrant resin people used to soothe and heal wounds.