convalesce

convalesce is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.
2. verb. get over an illness or shock

   "The patient is recuperating"

   Synonyms: recover, recuperate

Synonyms

recover, recuperate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in convalesce:

covalences

Common word forms

convalesced, convalesces, convalescing

Words from these letters

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