therapeutic C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine US /ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk/ UK /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj relating to the healing or curing of disease; soothing She found gardening to be deeply therapeutic. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to the healing or... healingcurativeremedialrestorativemedicinalsoothing ↔ Opposites harmfuldamagingdetrimental Word family Derived forms therapeuticstherapeutically Related forms therapytherapist Etymology AI details From Greek therapeutikos ('inclined to serve, tend, or heal'), from therapeuein ('to attend, treat medically'), from theraps ('attendant'). therapeutikos Ancient Greek therapeuein Ancient Greek theraps Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # therapeutic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌθɛrəˈpjutɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk/ ## Meanings 1. relating to the healing or curing of disease; soothing ## Examples - She found gardening to be deeply therapeutic. ## Synonyms - healing - curative - remedial - restorative - medicinal - soothing ## Antonyms - harmful - damaging - detrimental ## Derived Forms - therapeutics - therapeutically ## Related Forms - therapy - therapist ## Roots and Affixes - Root: therapeutikos - Root: therapeuein - Root: theraps ## Etymology From Greek therapeutikos ('inclined to serve, tend, or heal'), from therapeuein ('to attend, treat medically'), from theraps ('attendant'). ## AI Etymology Therapeutic is from Greek therapeutikos ('inclined to serve, tend, or heal'), from therapeuein ('to attend, treat medically'), from theraps ('attendant'). Important recorded forms include therapeutikos (Ancient Greek), therapeuein (Ancient Greek), and theraps (Ancient Greek). The current sense covers relating to the healing or curing of disease; soothing. The wider family includes derived forms such as therapeutics and therapeutically and related words such as therapy and therapist. ## Topics - Health & Medicine - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown