what the doctor ordered

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befitting adj.
beneficial adj.
curative adj.

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

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what the doctor ordered

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

This feel-good musical is just what the doctor ordered in these far less carefree times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

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

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025

Fortunately for those of us who are incarcerated, pen-pal services are just what the doctor ordered.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2023

As Alvarez recollected the meeting, Rabi praised their proposal as just what the doctor ordered.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

what the doctor ordered

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