medicative

7.9

Helping to cure illness or heal injuries

adjective
/ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪtɪv/

: medicinal

The doctor prescribed a medicative ointment to treat the patient's rash.

Examples

This herb has medicative properties.
Many herbal teas are believed to possess medicative qualities.
He sought relief in the medicative effects of natural remedies.
The medicative properties of this herb are well-known.
Many herbal teas are believed to possess medicative qualities that help alleviate common ailments.
He sought relief in the medicative effects of natural remedies after his surgery.
The doctor prescribed a medicative ointment that is known to promote healing for skin conditions.

Synonyms

therapeutic

vsmedicative

87 5.2

Helping a person feel better physically or mentally

is narrower, meaning medicine-like qualities that tend to cure rather than general benefit

medicinal

vsmedicative

50 4.0

Able to help heal or treat illness

is broader, describing medicine-like qualities not only substances

curative

vsmedicative

8 6.2

Able to cure disease and help someone get better

is more general, meaning medicine-like qualities that tend to heal

remedial

vsmedicative

1 5.3

Helps heal a sickness or an injury

is about medicine-like qualities rather than specifically designed remedies

healing

vsmedicative

2.6

That helps the body or mind become healthy again

focuses on medicine-like properties rather than the general process of recovery

How Medicinal

curative

8 6.2

medicative

7.9

therapeutic

87 5.2

soothing

81 2.9

Surface Forms

medicative positive

Morphology

medicative = medic (transparent) = medic + ative

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-ative' attached to 'medic', producing an adjective meaning 'having medicinal properties'.

Etymology

Medicative comes from the Latin root medic-, which means 'to heal' and appears in familiar words like medicine and medical. So something medicative has the quality of healing or works like a medicine.