The Meaning of heal

• (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like.
• (v. t.) To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.
• (v. t.) To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.
• (v. t.) To restore to original purity or integrity.
• (v. t.) To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt; as, to heal dissensions.
• (v. i.) To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; -- sometimes with up or over; as, it will heal up, or over.
• (v. t.) Health.

Synonyms

repair , furbish up , bushel , restore , touch on , mend , fix , bring around , cure , doctor , bring to , bring back , bring round , recover , be cured _or_ healed , recuperate , be restored , reanimate , regain , resume , recruit , repossess , retrieve , better , improve , ameliorate , meliorate

Antonyms

die , fail , grow worse , relapse , sink

Homophones

he'll , heel

Rhymes

abele , adriel , anneal , appeal , audiophile , automobile , averill , azbill , beal , beale , beall , becerril , beel , beil , biehl , biel , bleil , bookmobile , brasil , brazeal , braziel , briel , camille , cartwheel , cecile , cele , chmiel , conceal , congeal , corneal , corniel , cornmeal , creel , deahl , deal , deale , deel , diehl , diel , eel , emil , emile , enrile , ezekiel , feel , feil , ferrill , flywheel , freel , friel , genteel , giel , gilles , glockenspiel , havill , heel , ideal , ifil , ifill , immobile , jabril , jarriel , keal , keel , keele , kiehl , kiel , kneale , kneel , leal , lille , lucille , maciel , macneal , macneil , macneill , madill , mcdeal , mcgreal , mcneel , mcneil , mcneill , mcniel , mczeal , meal , meehl , mele , mendivil , menil , miele , morrill , neal , neall , neel , neil , neile , neill , nevil , newsreel , niel , oatmeal , oldsmobile , oneal , oneil , oneill , ordeal , peal , peale , peel , peele , piecemeal , piel , pierceall , pospisil , puerile , real , reel , repeal , reseal , reveal , riehl , riel , savill , scheel , scheele , schiel , seal , seale , seel , shaquille , shiel , skeel , smeal , snowmobile , spiel , squeal , steal , steel , steele , steil , stele , stiehl , surreal , tarheel , teal , teale , teall , teel , teele , theall , theel , treadwheel , unreal , unseal , vandriel , vanheel , vantil , vasil , veal , veale , verrill , viel , viele , villamil , villarreal , weil , wheel , zavadil , zeal , zele