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remedy

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of REMEDY

1

to bring about recovery from <a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year>

Synonyms heal, mend, remedy

Related Words allay, alleviate, assuage, relieve; palliate, salve, soothe; ease, lighten, moderate, temper; doctor, nurse; medicate, treat; diagnose

Near Antonyms aggravate, worsen; misdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose

2

to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from <needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision>

Synonyms amend, debug, emend, rectify, red-pencil, reform, remedy

Related Words redraft, redraw, restyle, revise, rework, rewrite; blue-pencil, cut, shorten; redress, right; ameliorate, better, improve; perfect, polish, touch up; fix, mend, repair; adjust, modulate, regulate; alter, change, modify

Near Antonyms damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil; aggravate, worsen

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