therapeutic
Plural: therapeutics
Noun
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- A therapeutic agent
Adjective Satellite
- tending to cure or restore to health
- "a therapeutic agent"
- "therapeutic diets"
Adjective
- relating to or involved in therapy
- "therapeutic approach to criminality"
Adj
- Of, or relating to therapy.
- Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).
Synonyms
alterative, curative, cure, healing, remedial, remedy, sanative, therapeutical
Scrabble Score: 18
therapeutic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtherapeutic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
therapeutic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary