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- [rem-i-dee]
- /ˈrɛm ɪ di/
- /ˈrem.ə.di/
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- [rem-i-dee]
- /ˈrɛm ɪ di/
Definitions of remedy word
- noun plural remedy something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment. 1
- noun plural remedy something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind. 1
- noun plural remedy Law. legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong. 1
- noun plural remedy Coining. a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins; tolerance. 1
- verb with object remedy to cure, relieve, or heal. 1
- verb with object remedy to restore to the natural or proper condition; put right: to remedy a matter. 1
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Origin of remedy
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English remedie < Anglo-French < Latin remedium, equivalent to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (cf. medical) + -ium -ium; (v.) late Middle English remedien (< Middle French remedier) < Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium
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Parts of speech for Remedy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
remedy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
remedy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for remedy
noun remedy
- alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
- amendment — An amendment is a section that is added to a law or rule in order to change it.
- anti-biotic — any of a large group of chemical substances, as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by various microorganisms and fungi, having the capacity in dilute solutions to inhibit the growth of or to destroy bacteria and other microorganisms, used chiefly in the treatment of infectious diseases.
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- antivenin — an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom
verb remedy
- amend — If you amend something that has been written such as a law, or something that is said, you change it in order to improve it or make it more accurate.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- clean up one's act — to start to behave in a responsible manner
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
Antonyms for remedy
noun remedy
- black and blue — discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- booboos — a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
verb remedy
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- martyred — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
Top questions with remedy
- why are you my remedy?
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