Definition for Alterative:

• Having the power to alter.

Synonyms for Alterative:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • alterative.

• n.

  •alterative (noun)
  • healthful.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • curative,
  • healing,
  • remedial,
  • sanative,
  • therapeutic.
  •Other relevant words:
  • accelerator,
  • accented,
  • accessory,
  • acknowledge,
  • adapted,
  • adjunct,
  • aesculapian,
  • agitation,
  • alleviant,
  • alleviation,
  • alleviative,
  • alleviator,
  • alleviatory,
  • alteration,
  • analgetic,
  • ancillary,
  • anthelminthic,
  • antibiotic drug,
  • antifertility,
  • antifungal agent,
  • antimicrobial,
  • antimicrobic,
  • antimycotic,
  • antipyretic,
  • antispasmodic agent,
  • antiviral agent,
  • appurtenant,
  • assist,
  • assistant,
  • assuagement,
  • ataractic,
  • ataraxic,
  • attention,
  • august 6,
  • auxiliary,
  • avail,
  • backup,
  • backup man,
  • bactericidal,
  • balsamy,
  • barm,
  • birth control device,
  • bouncy,
  • bracing,
  • bring around,
  • brisk,
  • camphorated tincture of opium,
  • care,
  • cartilaginous,
  • castrate,
  • cautionary,
  • changer,
  • charge card,
  • charge plate,
  • chatoyant,
  • chattel,
  • checked,
  • checkup,
  • chequered,
  • commute,
  • compromising,
  • conciliatory,
  • contraceptive,
  • contraceptive device,
  • convert,
  • cream,
  • credit card,
  • deepen,
  • depressant,
  • disciplinal,
  • disciplinary,
  • downer,
  • ductile,
  • ease,
  • easement,
  • easing,
  • economic aid,
  • elastic,
  • embodiment,
  • embossment,
  • encumbrance,
  • ephemeral,
  • ethical drug,
  • ever-changing,
  • exchange,
  • excitant,
  • facilitate,
  • faith healing,
  • falsify,
  • fermentation,
  • fermenting,
  • fictile,
  • financial aid,
  • flatus-relieving,
  • flexile,
  • fluent,
  • forerunner,
  • formative,
  • formula,
  • fresh,
  • fugacious,
  • fungicidal,
  • fungicide,
  • germicidal,
  • germicide,
  • good,
  • gristly,
  • harbinger,
  • heal,
  • health check,
  • helminthic,
  • help oneself,
  • helper,
  • herald,
  • hindrance,
  • hitch,
  • incarnation,
  • incumbrance,
  • inhomogeneous,
  • input,
  • interchange,
  • interference,
  • interpolate,
  • iridescent,
  • jerky,
  • kaleidoscopical,
  • keynote,
  • leavening,
  • limber,
  • liquid,
  • lissom,
  • lissome,
  • lithe,
  • lithesome,
  • live,
  • lively,
  • medical checkup,
  • medical exam,
  • medical examination,
  • medicative,
  • mental case,
  • mentally ill,
  • mesmeric,
  • mesmerizing,
  • metabolism,
  • metamorphous,
  • ministration,
  • miscellaneous,
  • mitigative,
  • mitigatory,
  • mobile river,
  • moderation,
  • modification,
  • modifier gene,
  • modify,
  • moldable,
  • moveable,
  • multifaceted,
  • multifarious,
  • multilateral,
  • narcotising,
  • narcotizing,
  • nauseant,
  • neuter,
  • neutered,
  • nomadic,
  • ointment,
  • pain pill,
  • painkiller,
  • parasiticidal,
  • particular,
  • passing,
  • peregrine,
  • personal chattel,
  • pick-me-up,
  • pioneer,
  • pliable,
  • pliant,
  • pop,
  • precarious,
  • predecessor,
  • prescription drug,
  • prescription medicine,
  • preventive,
  • prophylactic device,
  • prove,
  • psychoneurotic,
  • qualifier,
  • quinine water,
  • raise,
  • rebirth,
  • reception,
  • recuperative,
  • refreshful,
  • refreshing,
  • reliever,
  • relievo,
  • remedy,
  • renewing,
  • respite,
  • rest,
  • rest period,
  • revitalising,
  • revitalizing,
  • reviving,
  • rilievo,
  • roving,
  • rubber,
  • rubberlike,
  • runny,
  • safe,
  • safety,
  • salve,
  • salving,
  • sanitary,
  • sculptural relief,
  • sedative drug,
  • serve,
  • service,
  • shaping,
  • shift,
  • short-lived,
  • shot,
  • sinuous,
  • smooth,
  • soda,
  • soda pop,
  • soda water,
  • softening,
  • soporiferous,
  • soporific,
  • sour,
  • spasmolytic,
  • spay,
  • spellbinding,
  • springy,
  • stimulant drug,
  • stimulating,
  • stimulation,
  • stimulus,
  • substitute,
  • supporter,
  • switch,
  • tempestuousness,
  • temporary,
  • tending,
  • tensile,
  • tonal,
  • tonic water,
  • tractile,
  • tranquilising,
  • tranquilizing,
  • transeunt,
  • transfer,
  • transferable,
  • transferrable,
  • transfiguration day,
  • translation,
  • transportable,
  • turn,
  • uncertain,
  • unction,
  • unfirm,
  • unguent,
  • unrest,
  • unsettled,
  • unsound,
  • variable quantity,
  • variable star,
  • variety,
  • various,
  • vary,
  • varying,
  • vomit,
  • vomitive,
  • wandering,
  • whippy,
  • work,
  • zymolysis,
  • zymosis,
  • antiviral drug,
  • armguard,
  • trailblazer,
  • groundbreaker,
  • tranquillising,
  • condom,
  • new-fangled,
  • stand-in,
  • fill-in,
  • economic assistance,
  • financial assistance.

Antonyms for Alterative:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    unhealthful.

Alterative Sentence Examples:

• It is what Dr. Rush calls a moral alterative.

• If sick children were exposed on the housetops, it must have been in the daytime; and, unless it were intended as an alterative, it is difficult to see what connection this had with the belief that disease was the product of the lunar beam.

Homophones for Alterative:

• alliterative.