|
|
- pronunciation:
- re
mih
di
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
remedies |
| definition 1: |
a medicine or therapy designed to heal a disease or disorder.
Rest and plenty of fluids is the remedy most prescribed by doctors for treating influenza.My mother always suggested gargling with salt water as a remedy for a sore throat.There are many types of cold remedies sold at the drugstore.- synonyms:
- balm, corrective, cure, restorative, salve, therapy, tonic
- similar words:
- medicament, specific
|
| definition 2: |
something that corrects an evil, problem, or fault.
There is no easy remedy for high unemployment.The speed limit was lowered as a remedy for the frequent occurrence of accidents on that section of highway.- synonyms:
- redress, reparation
- similar words:
- antidote
|
| definition 3: |
in law, a means of correcting a wrong or enforcing a right.
- synonyms:
- compensation, redress
|
| related words: |
antidote, correction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
remedies, remedying, remedied |
| definition 1: |
to relieve or heal (a disease or disorder).
This medicine should remedy that cough.- synonyms:
- cure, relieve, treat
- similar words:
- alleviate, assuage, doctor, ease, physic, salve
|
| definition 2: |
to set right or fix; restore to a proper state.
Panic broke out and there was little the police could do to remedy the situation.- synonyms:
- fix, heal, rectify, redress, repair, restore, right
- similar words:
- ameliorate, correct, doctor, mend, physic
|
| related words: |
amend, cure, fix, heal, nurse, patch, restore, settle |
|
|
|
|