remedy
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rehmuhdeeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹɛmədi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
Something that corrects or counteracts.
law
The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.
verb
Provide relief for
transitive
To provide or serve as a remedy for.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Used this way, remedy is a specialist word with a clearly unfavourable pull. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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More ways to use remedy
- “A warm cup of tea is a good remedy for a sore throat.”
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Word Family
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Word family
Words built from the same root.
Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
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Synonyms
Sense: provide relief for
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