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what the doctor ordered

ADJECTIVE
befitting
Synonyms
STRONG
becoming behooving beseeming conforming correct fit fitting right
WEAK
according to Hoyle apt comme il faut decent decorous felicitous happy just kosher nice on the button on the nose proper right on seemly suitable
Antonyms
STRONG
imprecise improper inaccurate inappropriate incorrect unfit unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong
WEAK
unbecoming
ADJECTIVE
beneficial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
benign constructive favorable good helpful profitable useful valuable
WEAK
favoring gainful good for what ails you healthful propitious salubrious salutary serviceable toward wholesome worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hurtful hurting injurious unhelpful useless worthless
WEAK
unfortunate unrewarding
ADJECTIVE
curative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
corrective healthful invigorating medicinal remedial salutary therapeutic
STRONG
curing pick-me-up restorative tonic
WEAK
alleviative beneficial helpful medicable medicative remedying sanative shot in the arm vulnerary wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
damaging harmful hurtful injurious
WEAK
hurting painful

Example Sentences

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A more forgiving environment in Washington, D.C., combined with a slowing economy could be just what the doctor ordered for pharma stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

In that regard, the Indo-Pacific Quad will be just what the doctor ordered.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

Maggots are, after all, completely disgusting to most of us, yet they might just be what the doctor ordered.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf said the government's agenda of economic reform and the drive against corruption was "exactly what the doctor ordered".

From Reuters • Jun. 16, 2023

Still pretty much oblivious to the gathering storm, but very much aware of his own troubles, Herbie Goldfarb decided an escape into love might be just what the doctor ordered for his floundering soul.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols