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Antonyms
1. curative
adjective. ['ˈkjʊrətɪv'] tending to cure or restore to health.
Synonyms
- remedial
- therapeutic
- healing
- healthful
- sanative
Antonyms
- falsify
- permissive
- unprotective
- prescription medicine
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Words that Rhyme with Curative
- alternative
- captive
- causative
- causative
- cognitive
- collaborative
- collaborative
- collective
- combative
- commemorative
- commemorative
- communicative
- comparative
- conductive
- congestive
- connective
- constructive
- consultative
- contemplative
- contraceptive
Example sentences of the word curative
1. Adjective
The body parts are made into a soup that is believed to have curative qualities for these maladies.
Quotes containing the word curative
1. Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it ... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline ... reintroducing a lazy mind into the life of the Spirit.
- Marcel Proust
2. curative
noun. ['ˈkjʊrətɪv'] a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
Synonyms
- treatment
- ointment
- lotion
- preventative
- magic bullet
- unction
- medicinal drug
- medication
- counterpoison
- balm
- medicament
- nauseant
- vomit
- cure
- emetic
- application
- alleviator
- therapeutic
- intervention
- lenitive
- acoustic
- vomitive
- alleviant
- cure-all
- salve
- preventive
- nostrum
- prophylactic
- panacea
- catholicon
- medicine
- antidote
- palliative
- unguent
Antonyms
- over-the-counter drug
- prescription drug
- keep down
- soften