Synonyms of the word

lenitive

• adj. Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
• adj. (of a person) Mild; gentle.
• n. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain.

alleviative

• adj. That alleviates pain; palliative.
• n. That which alleviates; a drug or remedy.

alleviatory

• adj. alleviative.

curative

• adj. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
• n. A substance that acts as a cure.

cure

• n. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
• n. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
• n. A solution to a problem.
• n. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
• n. A process of solidification or gelling.
• n. (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure…
• n. (obsolete) Care, heed, or attention.
• n. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
• n. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy.
• v. (transitive) To restore to health.
• v. (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
• v. (transitive) To prepare or alter especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
• v. (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
• v. (intransitive) To be undergoing a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become healed.
• v. (obsolete) To pay heed; to care; to give attention.

mitigative

• adj. Serving to mitigate.

mitigatory

• adj. reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable.

moderating

• v. present participle of moderate.

palliative

• adj. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
• adj. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible,…
• n. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

remedy

• n. Something that corrects or counteracts.
• n. (law) The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
• n. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
• v. (transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

therapeutic

• adj. Of, or relating to therapy.
• adj. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
• n. (medicine) A therapeutic agent.