remedy

UK: /ˈrɛmədi/ US: /ˈrɛmɪdi/ ,(rem′i dē)

Inflections of 'remedy' (n): npl: remedies

Inflections of 'remedy' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

remedies

v 3rd person singular

remedying

v pres p

remedied

v past

remedied

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

rem•e•dy /ˈrɛmɪdi/   n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. [countable]

1. Medicine something, as a medicine, that cures or relieves a disease or anything wrong with the body.
2. something that corrects or removes an evil, error, or undesirable condition.

v. [~ + object]

3. Medicine to cure or relieve:
   to remedy an illness.
4. to restore to the proper condition;
   put right:
   to remedy a problem.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rem•e•dy  (rem′i dē), n., pl. -dies, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
n. 

1. Medicine something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder;
   a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
2. something that corrects or removes an evil of any kind.
3. Law legal redress;
   the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.
4. Currency [Coinage.] a certain allowance at the mint for deviation from the standard weight and fineness of coins;
   tolerance.

v.t. 

5. Medicine to cure, relieve, or heal.
6. to restore to the natural or proper condition;
   put right:
   to remedy a matter.
7. to counteract or remove:
   to remedy an evil.

• Latin remediāre, derivative of remedium
• Middle French remedier)
• Latin remedium, equivalent. to re- re- + med(ērī) to heal, assuage, remedy (compare medical) + -ium -ium; (verb, verbal) late Middle English remedien (
• Anglo-French
• (noun, nominal) Middle English remedie 1175–1225

Synonyms

• 1. cure, restorative, specific, medicament, medication.
• 2. corrective, antidote.
• 5. See cure. 
• 6. repair, correct, redress, renew.

Antonyms

• 5. worsen.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

remedy / ˈrɛmɪdɪ/ noun ( -dies)

1. usually followed by for or against: any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms
2. usually followed by for or against: anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes
3. the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance

verb (transitive)

1. to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy
2. to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct

Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from re- + medērī to heal; see medical

remediable / rɪˈmiːdɪəb^əl/ adjective

reˈmediably adverb

ˈremediless adjective

ˈremedilessly adverb

ˈremedilessness noun