heal

Meaning

Synonyms

cure
B1
recover
B2
treat
B1
remedy
C2
recuperate
30k
get well

make well

fix
A2
improve
B2
mend
C1
care for
get better
save
A1
cool
A1
🆒
close up

restore to health

repair
B2
medicate
47k

be healed

bring around
revive
C2
relieve
C1
doctor
A1
🧑‍⚕️
cured
C1
convalesce

make alive

cicatrize
skin
B1

make better

skin over

nurse
B1
calm down
restore
C1
make good
satisfy
C1
scar
B2

set right

snap back

take care of

tend to

thank
A1
unbend
use
A1
weld
C2
heal up
improve on
sain

scar over

become better

be cured

Translations

guérir
heilen
curar
guarire
genezen
helen
sanar
curar
curare
sanare
genesen

θεραπεύω

curar
soigner
verheilen
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hiːl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
helen
Inherited from Old English
hǣlan
Cognate with Scots
hale
Cognate with Saterland Frisian
heila
Cognate with Western Frisian
hielje
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
helen
Cognate with German
German
heilen
Cognate with Danish
hele
Cognate with Swedish
hela
Cognate with Russian
цели́ть
Cognate with Polish
ocalić
Cognate with Czech
celit
Cognate with Serbo-Croatian
céliti
In summary

From Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyl- (“safe, unharmed”). Derived from the adjective at hand in whole. Cognates Cognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”), and further Russian цели́ть (celítʹ, “to heal”), Polish calić (“to save”), Czech celit (“to heal”), Serbo-Croatian céliti (“to heal”).

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