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remedy
Overview of noun remedy
The noun remedy has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) redress, remedy, remediation -- (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
2. (1) remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic -- (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)
Overview of verb remedy
The verb remedy has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend -- (set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight")
2. remedy, relieve -- (provide relief for; "remedy his illness")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
redress, remedy, remediation
=> correction, rectification
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
=> drug
=> agent
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
redress, remedy, remediation
=> salve
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> acoustic
=> antidote, counterpoison
=> emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant
=> lenitive
=> lotion, application
=> magic bullet
=> ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve
=> palliative, alleviant, alleviator
=> panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all
=> preventive, preventative, prophylactic
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
redress, remedy, remediation
=> correction, rectification
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Antonyms of noun remedy
Member Holonyms of noun remedy
Substance Holonyms of noun remedy
Part Holonyms of noun remedy
1 of 2 senses of remedy
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
PART OF: treatment
Member Meronyms of noun remedy
Substance Meronyms of noun remedy
Part Meronyms of noun remedy
Meronyms of noun remedy
Holonyms of noun remedy
1 of 2 senses of remedy
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
PART OF: treatment
Attributes of noun remedy
Derived Forms of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
redress, remedy, remediation
RELATED TO>(adj) remedial#1
=> remedial
RELATED TO>(verb) remedy#1
=> rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
RELATED TO>(adj) remedial#2
=> curative, healing(predicate), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic
RELATED TO>(verb) remedy#2
=> remedy, relieve
Domain of noun remedy
Domain Terms of noun remedy
Familiarity of noun remedy
remedy used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
redress, remedy, remediation
> correction, rectification
=> redress, remedy, remediation
=> retribution
=> recompense, compensation
=> amendment
=> emendation
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
=> acyclovir, Zovirax
=> alendronate, Fosamax
=> allopurinol, Zyloprim
=> amrinone, Inocor
=> analgesic, anodyne, painkiller, pain pill
=> angiogenesis inhibitor
=> antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication
=> antibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide
=> anticholinergic, anticholinergic drug
=> anticholinesterase
=> anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant
=> anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug
=> antidepressant, antidepressant drug
=> antidiabetic, antidiabetic drug
=> antidiarrheal, antidiarrheal drug
=> antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug
=> antiemetic, antiemetic drug
=> antihistamine
=> antihypertensive, antihypertensive drug
=> anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug
=> antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug
=> antipyretic, febrifuge
=> antiseptic
=> antispasmodic, spasmolytic, antispasmodic agent
=> antitussive
=> antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug
=> APC
=> astringent, astringent drug, styptic
=> atomic cocktail
=> azathioprine, Imuran
=> blocker, blocking agent
=> bronchodilator
=> calcium blocker, calcium-channel blocker
=> carminative
=> clofibrate, Atromid-S
=> clopidogrel bisulfate, Plavix
=> cold medicine
=> counterirritant
=> cytotoxic drug
=> decongestant
=> demulcent
=> diaphoretic
=> disulfiram, Antabuse
=> dose
=> Drixoral
=> drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART
=> expectorant, expectorator
=> fixed-combination drug
=> gemfibrozil, Lopid
=> hematinic, haematinic
=> herbal medicine
=> histamine blocker
=> immunosuppressant, immunosuppressor, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressive, immune suppressant drug
=> inhalant, inhalation
=> isoproterenol, Isuprel
=> isosorbide, Isordil
=> lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug, statin
=> methacholine, Mecholyl
=> nux vomica
=> over-the-counter drug, over-the-counter medicine
=> oxytocic, oxytocic drug
=> paregoric, camphorated tincture of opium
=> patent medicine
=> penicillamine, Cuprimine
=> pentylenetetrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol, Metrazol
=> pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
=> placebo
=> powder
=> prescription drug, prescription, prescription medicine, ethical drug
=> probenecid
=> purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient
=> remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> rubefacient
=> sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer
=> soothing syrup
=> specific
=> sucralfate, Carafate
=> sudorific, sudatory
=> suppository
=> tincture
=> tonic, restorative
=> tyrosine kinase inhibitor
=> vermicide
=> vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic
Meronyms of noun remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
=> medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
HAS SUBSTANCE: physostigmine
Holonyms of noun remedy
1 of 2 senses of remedy
Sense 2
remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
PART OF: treatment
Grep of noun remedy
remedy
Antonyms of verb remedy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
=> correct, rectify, right
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
=> treat, care for
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb remedy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
=> correct, rectify, right
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
=> treat, care for
'Cause To' of verb remedy
Derived Forms of verb remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
RELATED TO>(noun) remedy#1
=> redress, remedy, remediation
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
RELATED TO>(noun) remedy#2
=> remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
Domain of verb remedy
1 of 2 senses of remedy
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#3, practice of medicine#1
Domain Terms of verb remedy
Familiarity of verb remedy
remedy used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb remedy
2 senses of remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
> correct, rectify, right
=> rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
=> debug
Sense 2
remedy, relieve
> treat, care for
=> hyperventilate
=> massage
=> purge
=> correct
=> insufflate
=> detox, detoxify
=> irrigate
=> iodize, iodise
=> doctor
=> vet
=> nurse
=> manipulate
=> administer, dispense
=> remedy, relieve
=> dress
=> splint
=> operate on, operate
=> medicate, medicine
=> bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
=> cup, transfuse
=> shock
=> pack
=> cauterize, cauterise, burn
=> analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb remedy
Sense 1
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
=> correct, rectify, right
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Sense 2
remedy, relieve
=> treat, care for
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Grep of verb remedy
remedy
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