get well

Recover from illness

Get well means to recover from illness or injury, returning to normal health.

The phrase appears most often as a wish or command directed at someone who is sick: Get well soon!

A get-well card expresses hope for someone's recovery.

The phrase can also describe the process itself: It took her months to get well after the surgery.

recovery

convalesce

Regain strength after sickness

mend · heal · overcome · improve · revive · regain · rebound · rally · rejuvenate · revitalize

medical

treatment

Care for an ailment

rehabilitation · physician · clinic · patient · prognosis · medicine · antibiotics · bandage · stitches · cast

wishes

blessings

Favors from the divine

sympathy · comfort · warmth · compassion · kindness · flowers · thoughtfulness · thinking of you · speedy recovery · care package

Categories
Opposites
health trajectory

get wellget sick

Become unwell

fall ill · deteriorate · take ill · decline · sicken

outcome of illness

get welldie

Stop being alive

perish · pass away · expire · linger · waste away

Family

well, get, forget, unwell, getting, forgetful, gets, gotten, forgot

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G