Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb heal
3 senses of heal
Sense 1
mend, heal -- (heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending")
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate -- (get better; "The weather improved toward evening")
Sense 2
heal -- (get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly")
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate -- (get better; "The weather improved toward evening")
Sense 3
bring around, cure, heal -- (provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to")
=> help, aid -- (improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient")