cure

Examples

• All

• What if you are the one who desperately needs the new cure to survive?

  Academic text (2011)

• We found that this is basically the cure for HIV.

  ReasonTV

• And it's actually this fantastic cure for this problem.

• Take a chance on a possible cure that is even worse.

• Self love is the cure to self hate.

• Have we found the cure of the energy crisis?

  MIT OpenCourseWare

• Probably should have asked for a cure for cancer.

  Erzulie (2022)

• They've discovered a cure for that.

  The Boost (1988)

• Do you think there's a cure for loneliness?

• Researchers have made significant progress in developing a cure for cancer that may help many patients.

Synonyms

T

treatment

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• Specialized

∞ 2.1

Care to cure or reduce a health problem

is about a single medicine or therapy rather than all medical care

R

remedy

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81 3.4

A medicine or treatment that treats illness and reduces pain

is the main everyday term used for the same healing idea

M

medication

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4 3.3

The use of medicine to treat an illness

is the concrete medicine or therapy that heals or eases illness

T

therapeutic

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• Specialized

2 6.2

A treatment that cures disease or relieves pain

is the common noun for a medicine or therapy that heals or eases illness

C

curative

vscure

1 6.2

A medicine or treatment that cures disease and eases pain

is the general term also used when the effect is only pain relief

M

medicinal drug

vscure

• Specialized

1 3.3

A substance used to treat, prevent, or reduce symptoms of illness

is focused on healing or pain relief rather than prevention

C

curative treatment

vscure

• Specialized

1 3.8

A medical treatment that removes a disease completely

is broader covering medicines that make illness go away or ease pain

Antonyms

A

to aggravate

32 4.6

Make a problem or health condition worse

Idioms

T

to take the cure

• Archaic

3 8.0

Get medical help for an illness or addiction

T

the cure is worse than the disease

• Informal

1 7.1

An attempt to fix a problem that makes things worse than before

A

an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure

7.9

Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later

Compounds

C

cure for cancer

21 2.8

A treatment that completely removes cancer from the body

C

cure-all

13 7.5

A medicine that people say cures every illness but often does not work

P

potential cure

1 3.8

A treatment that might make a disease go away in the future

R

rest-cure

• Archaic

1 8.4

A period of bed rest to help someone recover from stress or nervous problems

P

pound of cure

• Informal

1 7.9

A large amount of work or money needed to fix a problem

F

faith cure

1 9.2

A way of healing by prayer and strong belief instead of medical treatment

How Effective

cure

523 2.5

treatment

• Specialized

∞ 2.1

remedy

81 3.4

homeopathy

25 9.0

Surface Forms

Etymology