alterative

1. 1.

   tending to cure or restore to health

   “curative powers of herbal remedies”

   “her gentle healing hand”

   “remedial surgery”

   “a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air”

   “a therapeutic agent”

   “therapeutic diets”

   Synonymscurativehealingremedialsanativetherapeutic

   Similarhealthful

Questions about alterative

What does alterative mean?

alterative means "tending to cure or restore to health".

How many syllables are in alterative?

alterative has 4 syllables: al-te-ra-tive. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for alterative?

Close synonyms include curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alterative a common word?

alterative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.