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noun (1)

ˈkyu̇r How to pronounce cure (audio)
Definition of curenext
1
as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom

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2
as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer

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cure

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verb

1
as in to heal
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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2
as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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curé

3 of 3

noun (2)

as in curate

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Recent Examples of cure
Noun
Later school starts aren’t a cure for adolescent mental-health problems. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 While treatments can be helpful, Cleveland Clinic notes that there is currently no cure for lipedema. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
By our second call, the trek had cured them of a few assumptions about streaming. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 The whole system runs on curing the harvest each fall and drawing it down slowly, month after month, until the next crop starts arriving around October. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
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Later school starts aren’t a cure for adolescent mental-health problems. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026 While treatments can be helpful, Cleveland Clinic notes that there is currently no cure for lipedema. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure
  1. antidote
  2. remedy
  3. heal
  4. rehabilitate
  5. parson
  6. solution
  7. drug
  8. alleviate
Noun
  • But the ingredients were all present, beginning with that singular singing voice, low, resonant and unabashedly passionate, the antidote to a decade of hard-rock singers trying to out-high-note each other.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hilton has vowed to use those savings to issue state income tax breaks, calling it an immediate antidote to high costs.
    — Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of antidote
Noun
  • In a simple order published Wednesday, the judge accepted behavior remedies and rejected a divestiture.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At a trial last year on remedies in the case, the DOJ argued that Google cannot be trusted to run AdX, given its past behavior.
    — Jody Godoy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of remedy
Verb
  • The book centers on his belief that personal transformation can happen even before someone feels completely healed.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The downside to that would be that King would have to miss a minimum of the team’s first four games — but if King’s hamstring injury is taking a while to heal, such a move could make sense.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of heal
Verb
  • Dickson himself concedes there is still much work to be done to fully rehabilitate the Gap, as well as its sister brands.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Naples Zoo teams worked to rehabilitate her through nutrition, medical treatment and constant monitoring.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rehabilitate
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  • This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And what does the old man who sleeps by the fire know about the dead parson?
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of parson
Noun
  • Spaniards on Wednesday joined protests in support of Ceuta, demanding solutions to the city’s ongoing tensions and calling for Sánchez step down.
    — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Sacramento County Office of Education has said the district must identify $150 million in cash solutions by June 2027 to avoid running out of money and potentially entering state receivership.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of solution
Noun
  • One of the first focuses under the new corporate structure will be addressing cancer drug affordability, Shah said, with a goal of accelerating the adoption of lower-cost biosimilars, which are clinically equivalent drugs akin to generic drugs.
    — Ian Thomas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Scott’s narrator, Louise, is a musician of sorts, a frequent drug user, and a desperate diehard romantic, forever dogged by her ex-girlfriend Alex.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of drug
Verb
  • He was appointed as a special advisor for water infrastructure after last year’s rupture and prepared a report for the government on improvements to alleviate the island’s water problems.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the Cloaca Maxima was primarily designed to drain marshland and alleviate flooding.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Cure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cure. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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