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healing

The word “healing” has 2 syllables: heal-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈhilɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for healing?

In the thesaurus, “healing” has 75 synonyms and 69 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for healing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for healing

  • allaying
  • alleviating
  • alleviative
  • assuaging
  • comeback
  • coming around
  • coming back
  • coming round
  • coming to
  • convalescence
  • convalescing
  • corrective
  • curative
  • curing
  • diagnosing
  • doctoring
  • easing
  • fixing
  • fortifying
  • gaining
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • improving
  • invigorating
  • lightening
  • medicating
  • medicinal
  • mending
  • moderating
  • nursing
  • officinal
  • palliating
  • physicking
  • picking up
  • pulling round
  • pulling through
  • rally
  • rallying
  • recouping
  • recovering
  • recovery
  • recruiting
  • recuperating
  • recuperation
  • rehab
  • rehabbing
  • rehabilitating
  • rehabilitation
  • rejuvenating
  • relieving
  • remedial
  • remedying
  • renewing
  • repairing
  • restorative
  • resuscitating
  • resuscitation
  • revitalizing
  • revival
  • reviving
  • salubrious
  • salutary
  • salving
  • sanative
  • setting up
  • snapback
  • snapping back
  • soothing
  • survival
  • surviving
  • tempering
  • therapeutic
  • tonic
  • treating
  • wholesome

Antonyms for healing

Meanings of healing

  • noun
    1. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
    2. An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
    3. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
  • verb
    1. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
    2. To become better or healthy again.
    3. To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
    4. To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
    5. (now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).

Example Sentences

  • The process of healing takes time and patience.
  • She focused on healing after the injury.
  • Meditation can support emotional healing.
  • The ointment helps speed up the healing of wounds.
  • Nature plays an important role in healing the body and mind.

On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to healing, such as: adverse, afflicting, aggravating, ailing, allaying, alleviating, alleviative.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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easing

gaining

keeping up

darning

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