Remedy (Noun)
Meaning 1
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed a new remedy for her chronic back pain that had been troubling her for years.
- Her grandmother's homemade herbal tea was a trusted family remedy for soothing sore throats.
- The government launched a research project to find a remedy for the deadly virus that had been spreading rapidly.
- After trying various remedies, the patient finally found relief from her insomnia with a new sleep aid.
- The ancient civilization developed a remedy for snake bites using a combination of herbs and venom antidotes.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Application
- Preventative
- Prophylactic
- Alleviator
- Nauseant
- Alleviant
- Nostrum
- Counterpoison
- Vomit
- Unction
- Catholicon
- Salve
- Unguent
- Balm
- Cure-all
- Vomitive
Related Words
Meaning 2
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The government has promised to introduce a remedy to the country's economic woes in the next fiscal year.
- A strong opposition to the bill is a necessary remedy to the lack of checks and balances in the proposed legislation.
- A recent update has been released as a remedy to the bugs that caused the software to crash frequently.
- The company has been ordered to pay damages as a remedy to the environmental damage caused by their negligence.
- Implementation of stricter regulations is seen as a remedy to the widespread corruption in the industry.