medicinal

1. 1.

   having the properties of medicine

   “medicative drugs”

   “medicinal herbs”

   “medicinal properties”

   Synonymsmedicative

   Similarhealthful

Questions about medicinal

What does medicinal mean?

medicinal means "having the properties of medicine".

How many syllables are in medicinal?

medicinal has 4 syllables: me-dic-i-nal. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /məˈdɪsənəl/.

What is another word for medicinal?

Close synonyms include medicative. 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.