THERAPEUTIC Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˌther-ə-ˈpyü-tik

Definition of therapeutic

as in medicinal

tending to cure disease or restore health gentle exercise can be therapeutic for hospital patients

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noun

as in antidote

something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable some charitable work might be the best therapeutic for that guy's total self-absorption

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Recent Examples of therapeutic

Adjective

Rasonque is the first treatment to attack a genetic driver of pancreatic cancer — and what oncologists are calling the disease’s biggest therapeutic advance in decades. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 That was therapeutic for these professional dancers who got to be silly and goofy, but confidently. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Noun

These advanced therapeutics are chemically delicate and easily destroyed by the digestive tract. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 The new therapeutics that survive clinical trials and earn their place on hospital shelves probably won’t come from the companies with the fastest hardware. — Dr. Anita Gupta, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for therapeutic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapeutic

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Certain medicinal plants grown on the property will be incorporated into oils and treatments going forward as will some of the honey from the resort's six hives.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
But the field’s subsequent focus on brain physiology and medicinal therapies has done little to reduce the toll of mental illness.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of medicinal

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

Today host Emily Kwong talks to Shebani about the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry and how ketogenic metabolic therapy may treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.

— Berly McCoy, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
By using a stress ball or some therapy putty, people can exercise the muscles in their hand and fingers to gradually restore function.

— Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of therapy

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

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