Cure (Noun)
Meaning
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The new antibiotic is a cure for the deadly bacterial infection that has been plaguing the city.
- Doctors have been searching for a cure for cancer for decades, but so far none has been found.
- The patient was relieved to learn that there was a cure for her rare genetic disorder.
- After months of research, the scientists finally discovered a cure for the disease that had been affecting thousands of people worldwide.
- The pain-relieving medication was a welcome cure for the chronic back pain that had been plaguing the athlete.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Application
- Preventative
- Palliative
- Preventive
- Magic Bullet
- Nauseant
- Lotion
- Alleviant
- Nostrum
- Acoustic
- Counterpoison
- Lenitive
- Antidote
- Vomit
- Unction
- Panacea
- Ointment
- Emetic
- Salve
- Balm
- Cure-all