adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Adjective

1. 1
   curative; providing a remedy
2. 2
   intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

Adjective

1. 1
   tending or intended to rectify or improve wordnet
2. 2
   tending to cure or restore to health wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alterativeadjuvantadvantageousaidfulalleviatingalleviative

Example

More examples

"She has to take a remedial course in English."

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy + -al.

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