curable

/ˈkjʊrəbəl/

/ˈkjʊrəbəl/

Something curable can be fixed or healed. A curable illness or disorder can be treated and recovered from.

A bad infection can be scary, but it's most often curable with antibiotics. There are even types of cancer that, while serious, can be treated and are therefore considered curable. Another meaning of curable is "able to be hardened, or cured." You might apply several coats of a curable coating after sanding and staining your dining room table. The Latin root is cura, "care or concern," and also "means of healing."

Definitions of curable

1. adjective

   curing or healing is possible
   “curable diseases”

   antonyms:

   incurable

   incapable of being cured
2. adjective

   capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
   synonyms:

   hardened, tempered, toughened, treated

   made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment