curative
Meaning of curative
noun
A substance that acts as a cure.
adjective- Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.
adjective
(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
Information about curative
Hyphenation of curative
cu-ra-tive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- curative is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
curative synonyms
Meaning healing:
healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
Meaning remedy:
Translation of curative
- French: curatif, thérapeutique
- German: heilend
- Italian: curativo, terapeutico
- Portuguese: curativo
- Spanish: curativo, curativa
Words that rhyme with curative
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