Synonyms for remedial
rɪˈmi di əlre·me·di·al

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1. remedial

   Synonyms:
   sanatory, sanative, alterative, ameliorative, mitigating, corrective, curative, healing, restorative, salubrious

   Antonyms:
   noxious, hurtful, exaggerative, confirmative, morbific, deleterious, inducive, provocative

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1. remedialadjective

   tending or intended to rectify or improve

   "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education"

   Synonyms:
   sanative, therapeutic, alterative, curative, healing(p)

   Antonyms:
   worsening, unhealthful

2. curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeuticadjective

   tending to cure or restore to health

   "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

   Antonyms:
   worsening, unhealthful

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1. List of paraphrases for "remedial":

   corrective, curative, catch-up, remedy, remediation, remedies, redress, catching-up, therapeutic, restorative, repair, redressive, compensatory, counselling, sanitation, recovery, reorganization, relief

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1. President John Mahama:

   People are dying. We are taking remedial action (through negotiations) and we are asking the doctors to go back.

2. Scott Batey:

   It’s been devastating to his career, the very fact that he had to file a lawsuit is devastating to his career. What a lot of employers don't get is that they can have an employee who is harassing someone, and all they have to do is take prompt remedial actions and stop it.

3. Bob Woodward:

   Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon, and Richard Nixon was driven out of office by the Republican Party. Richard Nixon people used to say no one died at Watergate, and there's a certain truth to that. Two hundred thousand people have died at this, and Trump, by taking remedial action by being honest with the American people, which I — he just didn't understand, does not understand the people he leads.

4. Dick Pound:

   For 2016, our recommendation is that the Russian Federation be suspended, in fact, one of our hopes is that they will volunteer that, so that they can take the remedial work in time to make sure that Russian athletes can compete under a new framework.

5. John Kirton:

   Why don't they announce a whole set of remedial measures right here, right now?