restorative

/rəˈstɔrədɪv/

/rɪˈstɔrətɪv/

Other forms: restoratives

Restorative things give you energy or make you feel better. Your dad might have a favorite restorative chicken soup he makes you whenever you have a cold.

Antibiotics can be restorative to a patient with an infection, and a good night's sleep is almost always restorative, no matter how tired you are. If something brings you back to life or helps you recover, it's restorative. Sometimes people use this word as a noun, to mean "medicine for strength." Restorative has a Latin root, restaurare, "repair, rebuild, or renew."

Definitions of restorative

1. adjective

   tending to impart new life and vigor to
   synonyms: regenerative, renewing, revitalising, revitalizing, reviving

   invigorating

   imparting strength and vitality
2. adjective

   promoting recuperation
   “restorative effects of exercise”

   synonyms: recuperative

   healthful

   conducive to good health of body or mind
3. noun

   a device for treating injury or disease
   synonyms: corrective

   types:

   pack

   a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

   face pack, pack

   a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

   pick-me-up, pickup

   anything with restorative powers

   prosthesis, prosthetic device

   corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body

   glass eye

   prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass

   implant

   a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue

   obturator

   a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)

   leg, peg, pegleg, wooden leg

   a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

   type of:

   device

   an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
4. noun

   a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
   synonyms: tonic

   types:

   bracer, pick-me-up

   a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

   type of:

   medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease