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Convalesce

/ˌkɒn.vəˈlɛs/

To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.

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📖 Definitions of "Convalesce"

verb

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To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.
"The patient convalesced for six months after his stroke."

🔄 Synonyms of "Convalesce"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
recuperateverb	(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).

↔️ Antonyms of "Convalesce"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
degenerateverb	(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
deteriorateverb	(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Convalesce"

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Word	Definition
recuperateverb	(intransitive) To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness or from exhaustion (or sometimes from a financial loss, etc).
recoververb	(transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
reconvalesceverb	(intransitive) To convalesce; to recover health and strength.
get wellverb	(idiomatic) To recover from an illness or injury.
healverb	(transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
get betterverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To recover from illness or other incapacitation.
warishnoun	(obsolete, intransitive) To get better; to recover from an illness.
curenoun	A method, device or medication that restores good health.
rehabilitateverb	(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
heal upverb	(intransitive, of an injury) To heal.
amendverb	(transitive) To make better; improve.
recruitnoun	A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
rallynoun	A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
recomfortverb	(transitive, now rare) To console (someone); to comfort, look after.
come toverb	(transitive) To total; to amount to.
reviveverb	(transitive) (figurative) To cause (something) to recover from a state of decline, neglect, oblivion, or obscurity; to make (something) active or lively again; to reanimate, to revitalize.
restoreverb	(transitive) To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
rehealverb	(transitive) To heal again.
becoververb	(transitive) To cover over; put a cover over; cover.
resuscitateverb	(transitive) To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.