recovering

1. 1.

   returning to health after illness or debility

   “convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed”

   Synonymsconvalescent

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Questions about recovering

What does recovering mean?

recovering means "returning to health after illness or debility".

How many syllables are in recovering?

recovering has 4 syllables: re-cov-e-ring. The stress falls on "cov". In IPA it is /ɹəˈkʌvɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for recovering?

Close synonyms include convalescent. 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.