rehabilitative

adjective

Definition of rehabilitativenext
as in remedial

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehabilitative
  1. remedial
  2. corrective
  3. curative
  4. restorative
  5. recuperative
  6. medicinal
  7. refreshing
  8. healthful
Adjective
  • Cruise’s cooperation included remedial measures such as ensuring that employees identified as responsible for the falsified report are no longer employed by the firm.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Carolyn Cooper, the EPA's remedial project manager, said the carbon itself is safe, pointing out that carbon water treatment is the same process used in many household water filters.
    Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of remedial
Adjective
  • Part memoir and part oral history, Let the Record Show is a master class on the utility of anger and a historical corrective to chronicles that depict straight white men as the main heroes of the AIDS crisis.
    Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • As long as there is no evidence that the A/D line is diverging from prices any drops below its WMA or EMA are corrective periods not a change in the major trend.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of corrective
Adjective
  • Reilly pointed to how her industry has done important work on curative or preventative medicines, such as a cervical cancer vaccine.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
  • If you are diagnosed at an early stage with a treatable liver disease, treatment can help improve your outcome and can often be curative.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of curative
Adjective
  • And in 2022, Chesa Boudin, who advocated for restorative justice and ending mass incarceration, was ousted as San Francisco’s district attorney in a recall.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The cycling of day and night creates a natural clock that enables a restorative night’s sleep for primates like us.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of restorative
Adjective
  • Hopefully the Sun’s friendship with Jupiter will help keep you from harm, in spite of your celestial sign ruler’s disinterest in the recuperative powers of Chiron.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Allow time for recuperative self-care, like a long bath or dinner with a loved one.
    Gena Cox, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of recuperative
Adjective
  • In addition to its medicinal and beauty uses, hemp is also used for a variety of commercial and industry products, like rope, clothing, paper, bioplastics and even biofuel.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Medicinal Mushrooms From coffee to candies, there is no shortage of medicinal mushroom products on the market.
    Marley Hall, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of medicinal
Adjective
  • Lo-Fi Spritz Effortlessly Cool for the Wicked Crowd For a lighter, bittersweet sip, this spritz brings a refreshing twist to any Oz celebration.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For Prince William, who has such a great platform, to lend his voice, his resources into creating positive change is such a refreshing, wonderful thing to see.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of refreshing
Adjective
  • There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The project works to develop innovative and sustainable food procurement criteria and create a more holistic, healthful food culture in schools.
    Danielle Nierenberg, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of healthful
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Thesaurus Entries Near rehabilitative

rehabilitation

rehabilitative

rehabs

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Rehabilitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehabilitative. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

Copy Citation

Share

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)

Plural and Possessive Names: A Guide

The Difference Between 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)

9 Superb Owl Words

15 Words That Used to Mean Something Different
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
little chihuahua dressing like a turkey for thanksgiving
Is That Gratitude or Attitude? A Thanksgiving Quiz Decide which words express gratitude and which gi...