remedial

Questions about remedial

What does remedial mean?

remedial means "tending or intended to rectify or improve". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in remedial?

remedial has 4 syllables: re-me-di-al. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈmidiəl/.

What is another word for remedial?

Close synonyms include curative, healing, alterative, 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 remedial a common word?

remedial is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 remedial?

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