remedial

Meaning

Adj

1. curative; providing a remedy
2. intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

Noun

A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Synonyms

curative

therapeutic

healing

corrective

medicinal

restorative

sanative

alterative

reformative

amendatory

sanatory

restitutive

antidotal

healthful

improving

lenitive

preventive

protective

recuperative

reparative

enhancive

Translations

terapéutico

terapêutico

curatif

thérapeutique

terapèutic

abhelfend

corretivo

curativo

θεραπευτικός

geneeskrachtig

curativo

terapeutico

cicatrisant

guérison

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.