panacea (noun)
1panacea — ► NOUN ▪ a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. ORIGIN Greek panakeia, from panak s all healing …
2panacea — pan‧a‧cea [ˌpænəˈsɪə] noun [countable] something that people think will make everything better: • Further rate cuts, while helpful, are no economic panacea. panacea for • Industry analysts quickly dismissed the idea that the international market… …
3panacea — noun /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/ a) A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure all. A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes. b) Something that will solve all problems …
4panacea — I noun answer, assistance, balm, catholicon, correction, corrective, curative, cure, cure all, cure for all ills, healing agent, improvement, medicament, medicine, palliative, relief, remedy, restorative, restorative agent, solution, solution to… …
5panacea — noun (C) 1 something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems: Battery powered cars are not a panacea for the pollution problem. 2 a medicine or form of treatment that is supposed to cure any illness …
6panacea — noun a panacea for the country s economic problems Syn: universal cure, cure all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, elixir, wonder drug; informal magic bullet …
7panacea — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs all healing, from pan + akos remedy Date: 1548 a remedy for all ills or difficulties ; cure all • panacean adjective …
8Panacea — noun /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/ Daughter of Asclepius and Salus (or Epione). She was the personification of healing through herbs …
9panacea — UK [ˌpænəˈsiːə] / US [ˌpænəˈsɪə] noun [countable] Word forms panacea : singular panacea plural panaceas 1) something that people think will solve all their problems 2) a medicine that can cure any illness …
10panacea — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. universal remedy, cureall. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. relief, elixir, cure; see remedy 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [PAN us SEE uh] cure all. Scientists are still looking for a …
