Word Meanings - RESTORATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore. Destroys life's enemy, Hunger, with sweet restorative delight. Milton.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RESTORATIVE)

• Corrective
• Regulative
• alterative
• preventative
• restorative
• Cure
• Remedy
• alleviation
• heal-all
• amelioration
• reinstatement
• restoration
• renovation
• convalescence
• Genial
• Warm
• cordial
• balmy
• cheering
• merry
• festive
• joyous
• nearly
• revivifying
• Remedial
• Sanatory
• sanative
• ameliorative
• mitigating
• corrective
• curative
• healing
• salubrious
• counteraction
• reparation
• redress
• relief
• help
• specific

Related words: (words related to RESTORATIVE)

• SPECIFICNESS
  The quality or state of being specific.
• GENIALLY
  1. By genius or nature; naturally. Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill. 2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• RENOVATION
  The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.
• RELIEFLESS
  Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
• MITIGATORY
  Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
• RESTORATIVELY
  In a restorative manner.
• MERRY-ANDREW
  One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor. Note: This term is said to have originated from one Andrew Borde, an English physician of the 16th century, who
• ALLEVIATION
  1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. 2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.
• FESTIVE
  Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• REPARATION
  1. The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used. Arbuthnot. 2. The act of making amends or giving satisfaction
• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.
• BALMY
  1. Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young. 2. Producing balm. "The balmy tree." Pope. Syn. -- Fragrant;
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CORDIALNESS
  Cordiality. Cotgrave.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• GENIALNESS
  The quality of being genial.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• SELF-HEAL
  A blue-flowered labiate plant ; the healall.
• HEAL
  To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• PRIMOGENIAL
  First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.
• CONSPECIFIC
  Of the same species.