Cure and Flaw

Cure

Cure verb - To bring about recovery from.

Flaw is an antonym for cure.

Nearby Words: cured, curing, cureless, curable, curability

Flaw

Flaw verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced

Cure is an antonym for flaw.

Nearby Words: flawed, flawless, flawlessly

How words are described

known known cure known flaw
usual usual cure usual flaw
common common cure common flaw
true true cure true flaw
Other adjectives: legitimate, single, actual, real, great, bad, main, important, new, possible, apparent, next, recurring, genetic.
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