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therapeutic

/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/noun, adjective4 syllables

Therapeutic means: tending to cure or restore to health.

Synonyms for therapeutic9

noun, as in a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

remedy, curative, cure

adjective, as in tending to cure or restore to health

curative, healing, alterative, remedial, sanative, healthful

adjective, as in relating to or involved in therapy

therapeutical

What does therapeutic mean?3

adjective

1

tending to cure or restore to health“curative powers of herbal remedies”

2

relating to or involved in therapy“therapeutic approach to criminality”

noun

1

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Therapeutic in a sentence

  • She's passionate about writing, to which she recognizes a therapeutic power.felidad
  • Sweeping the floor is therapeutic for one's mind.Eccles17
  • Your physiotherapist said that it might be therapeutic.Nylez
  • Ziri didn't report any therapeutic effect from being exposed to that gas.Amastan
  • I will brew you some therapeutic mountain herbs.AlanF_US
  • There are drinks much more therapeutic than wine.AlanF_US
  • When you feel something, put it into words. It has a therapeutic effect.felidad
  • Ziri and Rima have a purely therapeutic relationship.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of therapeutic

as a noun

plural
therapeutics