to heal

Examples

• All

• I mean, one thing, time heals all for sure.

• The same is true of social workers who hope to heal the wounds of poverty, violence, or mental illness.

  Academic text (2011)

• Imagine materials that can heal bodies and protect soldiers.

  Harvard University

• I got into this business to help heal people.

  HIM (2025)

• I believe only you can heal this place.

  Demon Slayer (2003)

• It's stuff that we have to heal for ourselves as adults.

  Jay Shetty Podcast

• And I'm trying to heal and grow from that situation.

  B. Simone

• My skin, hair, and body renew and heal as I rest peacefully.

• Your wounds are healing surprisingly quickly.

  The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

• The trauma that you're still trying to heal is real.

Synonyms

R

to recover

vsto heal

748 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

focuses more on restoring physical and emotional wellbeing after harm

C

to cure

vsto heal

549 2.4

Make someone healthy again by removing a disease

is broader, including natural and emotional recovery beyond medical treatment

R

to restore

vsto heal

234 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

is more focused on making someone healthy again after harm

B

to bounce back

vsto heal

60 3.5

Get better quickly after an illness, problem, or setback

can be slower and includes gradual healing of body and feelings

R

to revitalize

vsto heal

• US

45 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

is narrower, referring specifically to returning to health and wholeness

R

to rehabilitate

vsto heal

43 5.3

To help someone get back their health and normal life after illness, injury, or prison

also covers unaided natural return to health without external help

R

to rebound

vsto heal

42 4.3

To get back to normal after a problem

also applies to steady, slower return to health or wellbeing

M

to mend

vsto heal

37 1.5

Get better after an injury or illness

also covers emotional recovery as well as physical mending

G

to get well

vsto heal

32 1.3

Become healthy again after being ill or hurt

includes recovery from emotional pain as well as physical illness

R

to recuperate

vsto heal

30 6.3

To get better after being ill, injured, or very tired

adds the idea of emotional renewal as part of becoming healthy again

C

to convalesce

vsto heal

• Formal

5 7.9

To spend time getting stronger and healthier after an illness or operation

is not limited to slow phases and includes quick returns to health

R

to regenerate

vsto heal

4 5.2

Give new strength and energy to someone

is centered on becoming healthy again after injury or emotional pain

S

to self-heal

vsto heal

1 4.4

To get better without help from doctors

also covers recovery that involves medical treatment or outside help

R

recovering

vsto heal

3.2

Getting better after an illness or operation

describes full restoration of body and feelings rather than the process

R

to regen

vsto heal

• Specialized

8.0

To grow back tissue or body parts after injury

is less technical and includes emotional and everyday recovery

Antonyms

W

to wound

617 2.3

To cut or hurt someone's body physically

I

to injure

53 1.6

Cause harm to people or things, for example to a company's good name

Compounds

H

heal all

• US

9.8

A small woodland plant with yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits

H

heal-all

9.7

A small plant with blue flowers that people use in traditional medicine

S

self-heal

8.9

A low plant with small purple flowers that people use as a medicine

How Healed

to cure

549 2.4

to recover

748 2.5

to heal

481 1.2

to get better

573 1.0

to improve

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology