healingEnglishOxford American Thesaurushealing adjective this flower is said to have healing properties: curative, therapeutic, medicinal, remedial, curing, corrective, reparative; restorative, tonic, health-giving, healthful, beneficial, salubrious; rare sanative, analeptic, iatric. ▷antonyms harmful.word linkshealingiatro- related prefix, as in iatrogenic, iatrochemistry