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remedial

/ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/US/ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/

remedial adjective: curative; providing a remedy.

Adjective

remedial (comparative more remedial, superlative most remedial)

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

Noun

remedial (plural remedials)

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

remedial meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

remedial in Tamil

குறை களைவு

remedial in Marathi

उपायात्मक

remedial in Urdu

ریمیڈیئل

remedial in Bengali

প্রতিকারমূলক
More languagesFewer languages
remedial in Kannada
ಗುಣಪಡಿಸುವ, ಪರಿಹರಿಸುವ, ಪರಿಹಾರ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ
remedial in Punjabi
ਸੁਧਾਰਕ sudhārak
remedial in Gujarati
ઉપાયાત્મક
remedial in Odia
ପ୍ରତିକାରାତ୍ମକ, ପ୍ରତିକାରକାରୀ

Forms of remedial

Adjective
comparativemore remedial
superlativemost remedial
Noun
pluralremedials

Origin of remedial

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

Words formed from remedial

Words that rhyme with remedial

30 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about remedial

What does remedial mean?
Remedial means curative; providing a remedy.
What is remedial in Tamil?
Remedial in Tamil is குறை களைவு. See Remedial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is remedial?
Remedial can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce remedial?
Remedial is pronounced /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/ (UK).

Words near remedial in the dictionary

  1. remediabilities
  2. remediability
  3. remediable
  4. remediableness
  5. remediably
  6. remedial
  7. remedially
  8. remedialness
  9. remedials
  10. remediate
  11. remediated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: remedial (page history and authors); remedial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); remedial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remedial (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remedial (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remedial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਧਾਰਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); remedial (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remedial (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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