remedy

A medicine or treatment that helps you get better or makes an illness less painful.

• She tried a herbal remedy for her cough.
• This remedy helped me sleep when I had a cold.
• Are there any effective remedies for these symptoms?

How to use it: remedy for something (Honey is a common home remedy for a sore throat.)

Similar words: treatment, medicine, cure

Common phrases: home remedy, herbal remedy, remedy for something

Something that corrects a problem or prevents its bad effects.

• There is no easy remedy for this problem.
• The committee proposed several remedies for unfair treatment.
• Would better training provide a remedy for these repeated mistakes?

How to use it: remedy for something (We need a remedy for the housing shortage.)

Similar words: solution, fix

Common phrases: effective remedy, remedy for something, find a remedy

To correct a problem or make a bad situation better.

• We must remedy this problem quickly.
• New staff helped remedy the shortage.
• The company has taken steps to remedy the error.

Similar words: fix, correct, put right, rectify

Common phrases: remedy a problem, remedy the situation, remedy a defect