Synonyms for alterative

Most common

therapeutic · remedial · curative · sanative

All synonyms

Adjective

Noun

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Causing alteration.

2. n. 1

   A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.

Forms

Plural

alteratives → alterants…

Example sentences

• therapeutic Sweeping the floor is therapeutic for one's mind.
• remedial Yanni spent the rest of the year in remedial classes.
• curative The brain is the center of all curative energy.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters

remedial⁴, curative³, sanative, alterant

10 letters

corrective³

11 letters

therapeutic⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remedial⁴ = 4 syllables).