Definition of HEALER

healer

Plural: healers

Noun

  • One who restores health or well-being, often through alternative methods.
  • a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
  • One who heals, especially through faith.
  • Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

Examples

  • The HEALER of the Scrabble community always offered encouraging words after a tough loss.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

Synonyms

therapist

Scrabble Score: 9

healer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
healer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
healer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

healer: valid Words With Friends Word