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prescribe has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
recommend as beneficial
“my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for prescribe come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
(medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
“the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble”