cure 1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈkyu̇r How to pronounce cure (audio)
Definition of curenext
1
as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom

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as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer

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cure

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verb

1
as in to heal
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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curé

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noun (2)

as in curate

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Recent Examples of cure
Noun
The experimental therapy isn't a cure but could be a way to help manage the cancer. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Together, the printer, wash station, and cure station feel less like three separate products and more like a single, integrated manufacturing system. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
By our second call, the trek had cured them of a few assumptions about streaming. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 The whole system runs on curing the harvest each fall and drawing it down slowly, month after month, until the next crop starts arriving around October. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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The experimental therapy isn't a cure but could be a way to help manage the cancer. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Together, the printer, wash station, and cure station feel less like three separate products and more like a single, integrated manufacturing system. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure
  1. antidote
  2. remedy
  3. heal
  4. rehabilitate
  5. parson
  6. solution
  7. drug
  8. alleviate
Noun
  • But the ingredients were all present, beginning with that singular singing voice, low, resonant and unabashedly passionate, the antidote to a decade of hard-rock singers trying to out-high-note each other.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hilton has vowed to use those savings to issue state income tax breaks, calling it an immediate antidote to high costs.
    — Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of antidote
Noun
  • Give it a refresh using anything from a DIY baking soda remedy to fabric fresheners to just airing it out.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Depending on the package, that mix can also include anti-nausea drugs, pain medication or heartburn remedies.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of remedy
Verb
  • The book centers on his belief that personal transformation can happen even before someone feels completely healed.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The downside to that would be that King would have to miss a minimum of the team’s first four games — but if King’s hamstring injury is taking a while to heal, such a move could make sense.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of heal
Verb
  • Dickson himself concedes there is still much work to be done to fully rehabilitate the Gap, as well as its sister brands.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Naples Zoo teams worked to rehabilitate her through nutrition, medical treatment and constant monitoring.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehabilitate
Noun
  • This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And what does the old man who sleeps by the fire know about the dead parson?
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of parson
Noun
  • The best solution, their letter said, would be to avoid imposing tariffs on semiconductors and derivative products entirely.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Northrop Grumman‘s diamond approach places that cooling solution directly inside the semiconductor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of solution
Noun
  • Grande became the face of an ongoing conversation around health, and the cultural pendulum swing away from body positivity to the glorification of thinness, ignited by the proliferation of weight-loss drugs.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers spent decades trying to target a group of mutations called RAS — responsible for nearly a third of all human cancers — but the protein’s flat shape defied typical drugs.
    — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of drug
Verb
  • He was appointed as a special advisor for water infrastructure after last year’s rupture and prepared a report for the government on improvements to alleviate the island’s water problems.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the Cloaca Maxima was primarily designed to drain marshland and alleviate flooding.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Cure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cure. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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