treat

treat is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
2. transitive verb. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
3. transitive verb. To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
4. transitive verb. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
5. transitive verb. To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
6. transitive verb. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
7. transitive verb. To entreat; to beseech.
8. intransitive verb. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.
9. intransitive verb. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
10. intransitive verb. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
11. noun. A parley; a conference.
12. noun. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
13. noun. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
14. noun. an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
15. noun. something considered choice to eat

    Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw

16. verb. provide treatment for

    "The doctor treated my broken leg"

    "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"

17. verb. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

    "process cheese"

    "process hair"

    Synonyms: process

18. verb. regard or consider in a specific way

    "I treated his advances as a joke"

19. verb. engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

    "they had to treat with the King"

20. verb. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

    "This book deals with incest"

    "The course covered all of Western Civilization"

    Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, plow

21. verb. provide with choice or abundant food or drink

    "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"

    "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

    Synonyms: regale

22. verb. provide with a gift or entertainment

    "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"

    "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"

23. verb. interact in a certain way

    "Do right by her"

    "Treat him with caution, please"

    Synonyms: handle

Synonyms

dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, process, address, cover, deal, handle, plow, regale

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in treat:

atter, tarte, tater, teart, tetra

Common word forms

treats, treated, treater, treating, treatise, treatable, treatment

Words from these letters

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