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🧴 A soothing ointment 🌿 A healing resin
balm

balm

5 4.9
A sticky plant substance with a sweet smell used to soothe or perfume
  • noun
  • /bɑːm/
: 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
10 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
3 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
herbal balm
vsbalm
1 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
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

Antonyms

poison
73 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
10 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

balm of Gilead
  • Literature
1 9.9

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

horse balm
  • US
1 9.9

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

balm of Gilead
  • US
1 9.9

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

sweet balm
1 5.7

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

basil balm
1 6.9

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

balm of Gilead
  • Literature
1 8.6

Something that brings comfort and relief in times of trouble

heart balm
  • Archaic
1 7.0

Something that makes you feel less sad

herbal balm
1 4.0

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

garden balm
1 6.2

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

balm for a troubled mind
6.1

Something that makes a worried person feel calm

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

horse chestnut balm
7.5

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

How Soothing

ointment
49 3.3
balm
5 4.9
palliative
  • Specialized
1 7.7
remedy
81 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.