remedy
Synonyms:
(noun) antidote, corrective, cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, restorative, specific.
(verb) correct, cure, heal, mend, redress, renew, repair.
Related Words:
(noun) countermeasure, cure-all, drug, fix, panacea, pill, redress, relief, therapy, treatment.
(verb) alleviate, amend, assuage, fix, mitigate, rectify, redress, relieve, restore, solve.
Antonym:
worsen.
Synonym Study 1 (verb) (Dictionary.com):
Cure, heal, and remedy imply making well, whole, or right.
Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness:
to cure a headache.
Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.:
to heal a burn.
Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right:
to remedy a mistake.
Synonym Study 2 (verb) (Merriam-Webster):
Correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, and revise mean to make right what is wrong.
Correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects:
correct your spelling.
Rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed:
rectify a misguided policy.
Emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript:
emend a text.
Remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil:
set out to remedy the evils of the world.
Redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance:
redress past social injustices.
Amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes.
Amend usually suggesting slight changes:
amend a law;
reform implying drastic change:
plans to reform the court system;
and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes:
revise the schedule.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium, equivalent to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (v.) late Middle English remedien (< Middle French remedier) < Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium. Dictionary C13: from Anglo- Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal —more at medical. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
(noun) antidote, corrective, cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, restorative, specific.
(verb) correct, cure, heal, mend, redress, renew, repair.
Related Words:
(noun) countermeasure, cure-all, drug, fix, panacea, pill, redress, relief, therapy, treatment.
(verb) alleviate, amend, assuage, fix, mitigate, rectify, redress, relieve, restore, solve.
Antonym:
worsen.
Synonym Study 1 (verb) (Dictionary.com):
Cure, heal, and remedy imply making well, whole, or right.
Cure is applied to the eradication of disease or sickness:
to cure a headache.
Heal suggests the making whole of wounds, sores, etc.:
to heal a burn.
Remedy applies especially to making wrongs right:
to remedy a mistake.
Synonym Study 2 (verb) (Merriam-Webster):
Correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, and revise mean to make right what is wrong.
Correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects:
correct your spelling.
Rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed:
rectify a misguided policy.
Emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript:
emend a text.
Remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil:
set out to remedy the evils of the world.
Redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance:
redress past social injustices.
Amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes.
Amend usually suggesting slight changes:
amend a law;
reform implying drastic change:
plans to reform the court system;
and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes:
revise the schedule.
Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium, equivalent to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (v.) late Middle English remedien (< Middle French remedier) < Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium. Dictionary C13: from Anglo- Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 15th century. History and Etymology: Noun: Middle English remedie, from Anglo-French, from Latin remedium, from re- + mederi to heal —more at medical. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.