healing

Examples

• All

• After her surgery, the doctor assured her that healing would take time and patience.

• I'm praying for healing, and I'm praying for peace.

• All of this can also help you understand why healing can feel so difficult.

• So of course, this starts with healing from your past, right?

• Then the second part of that will be the healing from that process.

• It's all about hope and communication and the healing power of love.

  The Stepford Wives (2004)

• Yet none of that healing work is possible if we keep ourselves in the dark.

  Academic text (1999)

• This is where the healing begins.

  The Cable Guy (1996)

• Your return to us is part of a vital healing process that we all take pride in.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The trauma happens with other people and the healing will happen with other people.

Synonyms

R

recovery

vshealing

264 3.0

Getting better after illness or injury

focuses on body's direct physical repair rather than a general return to normal life

R

regeneration

vshealing

19 5.8

Making something new and stronger after damage

focuses on the body's natural repair from injury rather than broad renewal

R

recuperation

vshealing

7 5.6

A period of rest when you slowly get healthier after illness or injury

is the body's spontaneous recovery process, not focused on rest or convalescence

C

convalescence

vshealing

• Formal

4 7.6

A time of rest when someone slowly gets stronger after an illness or injury

is the natural bodily repair process rather than a prolonged rest period

W

wound healing

vshealing

• Specialized

1 3.5

The body repairs and regrows skin and tissue after an injury

is the body's overall natural recovery process, not only local tissue repair

P

pathway to recovery

vshealing

3.4

A process someone follows to get better after illness, injury, or hard times

is the body's automatic internal recovery rather than a planned sequence of actions

Antonyms

I

injury

∞ 1.4

Harm to the body caused by an accident or attack

I

illness

693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

Compounds

H

healing effect

2 3.3

A change that helps someone feel better or get better

F

faith healing

2 7.5

A way people try to cure sickness with prayer and belief instead of medicine

H

healing herb

1 3.4

A plant whose leaves are used as medicine, in tea, or in food

W

wound healing

• Specialized

1 3.5

The body repairs and regrows skin and tissue after an injury

E

electric healing

• Specialized

7.6

A medical treatment that uses electricity to help injured nerves and muscles

E

electrical healing

• Specialized

6.3

To use small electric currents on the body to help heal injuries or nerve problems

How Healed

healing

344 2.1

recovery

264 3.0

improvement

619 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology