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rehabilitator

rehabilitator

1 6.1
A person who helps people and animals get better after illness or injury
  • noun
  • /ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪtər/
translation icon : rehabilitador
  • Wildlife rehabilitators are volunteers licensed by DEC to treat injured or orphaned wildlife.
  • a wildlife rehabilitator

Examples

  • The hawk was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator in Massapequa, Long Island, who will evaluate its condition.

  • Several days later, the rehabilitator called.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • "I'll have to refer you to a rehabilitator."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A DEC office can give you the numbers of local rehabilitators.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • If you're sure the animal is truly orphaned or injured, contact a wildlife rehabilitator.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • In the secretary's office, I looked up the numbers of the closest rehabilitators.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Instead of taking in these animals ourselves, we refer all injured or orphaned wildlife to rehabilitators.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • If you find an injured bird, the best thing to do is call a wildlife rehabilitator for instructions.

  • If you're sure the animal is truly orphaned or injured, contact a wildlife rehabilitator.

Synonyms

healer
vsrehabilitator
101 3.9

A person who helps others get better from physical or mental sickness, often using traditional ways

focuses on practical recovery to normal life after illness or injury
rejuvenator
vsrehabilitator
2 6.9

A person or thing that makes people and things seem young and full of energy

focuses on returning to normal function after illness or injury rather than cosmetic renewal
curer
vsrehabilitator
1 7.0

Someone or something that heals sickness and makes people better

focuses on helping return to normal function rather than eradicating disease
treater
vsrehabilitator
  • Specialized
6.9

A person who cares for people who are sick or hurt

focuses on helping long term recovery and return to normal function

Antonyms

7.3

A person who gives little care to someone they should look after

How Skilled

therapist
508 3.7
rehabilitator
1 6.1
caregiver
  • US
79 3.2
assistant
833 1.0

Surface Forms

rehabilitator singular

Morphology

rehabilitator = rehabilitate (transparent) = rehabilitate + or

The suffix '-or' regularly forms an agent noun meaning a person who performs the action of 'rehabilitate'.

Etymology

Rehabilitator comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and a part meaning 'able', like the English word able. So a rehabilitator is someone who helps make a person or animal 'able again', which is why today it means a person who helps others recover or return to normal after illness, injury, or difficulty.