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cur·a·tive
 curative
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- pronunciation:
- kyu
r
tihv
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
capable of curing illness or disease.
Many herbs have curative properties. |
adverb + (adj.)curative
apparently, normally, potentially, usually
(adj.)curative
+ noun
action,
agent,
basis,
bath,
bear,
belief,
benefit,
century,
claim,
diagnosis,
disease,
drug,
effect,
exercise,
gap,
generation,
herb,
hospital,
intent,
intervention,
knowledge,
lesion,
measure,
mineral,
operation,
others,
participation,
patient,
plant,
potential,
power,
property,
radiation,
radiotherapy,
recurrence,
ritual,
sin,
spa,
surgery,
survival,
therapy,
treatment,
tumour,
value,
water,
weight
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
that which effects a cure, esp. a drug; remedy.
- similar words:
- medicament
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| related words: |
antidote |
adjective + (n.)curative
acute, affluent, complete, debatable, delicious, erotic, homeopathic, preventative, preventive, rehabilitative, surgical, therapeutic, uplifting
verb + (n.)curative
compound, consider, prize, prove, trip
noun + (n.)curative
aspiration, balm, care, catchall, chile, docudrama, excision, hangover, health, medicine, outline, outpatient, remedy, resection, romanticism, service, vaccination, want
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| derivations: |
curatively (adv.), curativeness (n.) |
The word curative
contains the following parts:
cur2
Latin
root
that means to care
  Example words:
accuracy, accurate, curable, curative, curator, cure, curiosity, curious, incurable, insecure, manicure, pedicure, secure, sinecure
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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