CORRECTIVE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a device for treating injury or disease
   Synonym(s)
   • restorative (what does restorative mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) corrective is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • device (what does device mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pack (what does pack mean?)
   • pack (what does pack mean?)
   • face pack (what does face pack mean?)
   • pickup (what does pickup mean?)
   • pick-me-up (what does pick-me-up mean?)
   • prosthesis (what does prosthesis mean?)
   • prosthetic device (what does prosthetic device mean?)

CORRECTIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
   Usage Example(s)
   • corrective measures
   • corrective lenses
   Similar To
   • bettering (what does bettering mean?)
2. Meaning
   • designed to promote discipline
   Synonym(s)
   • disciplinal (what does disciplinal mean?)
   • disciplinary (what does disciplinary mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the teacher’’s action was corrective rather than instructional
   • disciplinal measures
   • the mother was stern and disciplinary
   Similar To
   • nonindulgent (what does nonindulgent mean?)