What does cured mean?

cured means "freed from illness or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cured?

cured has 1 syllable: cured. In IPA it is /ˈkjʊɹd/.

What is another word for cured?

Close synonyms include healed, recovered, vulcanized, vulcanised, corned. 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 cured a common word?

cured is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cured?

1 word rhymes with cured. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

cured — meaning, pronunciation and 6 definitions

adjective

6 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
freed from illness or injury
“the patient appears cured”
“the incision is healed”
“appears to be entirely recovered”
“when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium”
Synonymshealed recovered
Similarwell
2.
(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
Synonymsvulcanized vulcanised
Similarprocessed
3.
(used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
Similarseasoned
4.
(used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
Similarpreserved
5.
(used especially of meat) cured in brine
Synonymscorned
Similarpreserved
6.
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Synonymsaged
Similarpreserved

Other forms of cured

comparative: curedder·
superlative: cureddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cured

What does cured mean?: cured means "freed from illness or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in cured?: cured has 1 syllable: cured. In IPA it is /ˈkjʊɹd/.
What is another word for cured?: Close synonyms include healed, recovered, vulcanized, vulcanised, corned. 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 cured a common word?: cured is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with cured?: 1 word rhymes with cured. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cured come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

6 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
freed from illness or injury
“the patient appears cured”
“the incision is healed”
“appears to be entirely recovered”
“when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium”
Synonymshealed recovered
Similarwell
2.
(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
Synonymsvulcanized vulcanised
Similarprocessed
3.
(used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
Similarseasoned
4.
(used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
Similarpreserved
5.
(used especially of meat) cured in brine
Synonymscorned
Similarpreserved
6.
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Synonymsaged
Similarpreserved

Other forms of cured

comparative: curedder·
superlative: cureddest·

Questions about cured

What does cured mean?: cured means "freed from illness or injury". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in cured?: cured has 1 syllable: cured. In IPA it is /ˈkjʊɹd/.
What is another word for cured?: Close synonyms include healed, recovered, vulcanized, vulcanised, corned. 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 cured a common word?: cured is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with cured?: 1 word rhymes with cured. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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