curative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Types & categories
- medication hypernym
- acoustic hyponym
- antidote hyponym
- emetic hyponym
- lenitive hyponym
- lotion hyponym
- magic bullet hyponym
- salve hyponym
- palliative hyponym
- nostrum hyponym
- prophylactic hyponym
Parts & wholes
- treatment part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
tending to cure or restore to health
curative powers of herbal remedies
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | remedy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | curative |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | treatment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acoustic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antidote |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emetic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lenitive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lotion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magic bullet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palliative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nostrum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prophylactic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cure |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | healthful |