'Therapeutic' definitions:
Definition of 'therapeutic'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic]
adjective
Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" [syn: therapeutic, therapeutical]
noun
Definition of 'Therapeutic'
From: GCIDE
- Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, Therapeutical \Ther`a*peu"tic*al\, a. [F. th['e]rapeutique, Gr. ?, from ? attendant, servant, ? to serve, take care of, treat medically, ? attendant, servant.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or curative physic." --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Therapeutic'
From: GCIDE
- Therapeutic \Ther`a*peu"tic\, n. One of the Therapeutae. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'therapeutic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjuvant,
- aidful,
- alterative,
- analeptic,
- beneficial,
- conducive,
- constructive,
- contributory,
- corrective,
- curative,
- furthersome,
- good for,
- healing,
- healthy,
- helpful,
- iatric,
- medical,
- medicative,
- medicinal,
- positive,
- profitable,
- remedial,
- restorative,
- salubrious,
- salutary,
- sanative,
- sanatory,
- serviceable,
- theriac,
- useful