All corrective synonyms
cor·rec·tive
C c adj corrective
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- palliative — serving to palliate.
- penal — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- antidotal — a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
adjective corrective
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- curing — the process of preserving food
- healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
noun corrective
- neutralizer — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
- cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- medicant — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicament — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- proprietary — belonging to a proprietor.
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- remedy — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- negator — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- physic — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- nullified — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- antivenin — an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
- in step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- biologic — pertaining to biology.