remedy

remedy is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
2. noun. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.
3. noun. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
4. noun. To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
5. noun. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

   Synonyms: redress, remediation

6. noun. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

   Synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic

7. verb. provide relief for

   "remedy his illness"

   Synonyms: relieve

8. verb. set straight or right

   "remedy these deficiencies"

   "rectify the inequities in salaries"

   Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, repair

Synonyms

redress, remediation, curative, cure, therapeutic, relieve, amend, rectify, remediate, repair

Common word forms

remedied, remedies, remedying

Words from these letters

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