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restorative

4 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, restorative means serving to restore. As a noun, it means something with restoring properties.

Meanings of restorative

7 meanings

adjective

  1. Serving to restore.

    “After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.”

  2. Tending to impart new life and vigor to

    “the renewing warmth of the sunshine”

    Similar: renewing, reviving, revitalizing, revitalising

  3. Promoting recuperation

    “recuperative powers”

    “strongly recuperative remedies”

    “restorative effects of exercise”

    Similar: recuperative

noun

  1. Something with restoring properties.

  2. euphemisticAn alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.

  3. A medicine that strengthens and invigorates

    Similar: tonic

  4. A device for treating injury or disease

    Similar: corrective

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for restorative →
adjective: tending to impart new life and vigor to
renewingrevivingrevitalizingrevitalising
adjective: promoting recuperation
recuperative
noun: a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
tonic
noun: a device for treating injury or disease
corrective

Words that rhyme with restorative

pejorative

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Nearby words

restiverestivenessrestlessrestlessnessrestockrestorationrestorerestoredrestorerrestrainrestrainedrestrainer