curable

Synonyms for curable

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Antonyms for curable

adjective. able to be averted

adjective. remediable

adjective. therapeutic

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from cure (v.) + -able; or from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis, from Latin curare.

For there are two classes of souls who undergo punishment—the curable and the incurable.

My system cures all that is curable when intelligently applied.

"You seem to think that some diseases are curable by faith and some not, Dr. Beswick," she said.

But through its application ninety-five per cent of cancers are now curable.

Vitiligo and lichens are deformities of the skin, but they are curable.

His malady may be curable; have you consulted a physician about it?

But even if the case is as we fear, I added earnestly, it may be curable.

An incident showed me that his malaise was curable by one method only.

It is the lower eye that is usually affected, and is curable by operation only.

It is often asked what fevers are curable by the Hydropathic processes.