treat
Small sweet reward
To treat is to behave toward someone or handle something in a particular way: She treats her employees fairly, Handle the package carefully—treat it like glass.
To treat an illness is to apply medical care.
To treat a substance is to apply a process: treated lumber, chemically treated water.
A treat is something pleasurable, especially food outside the ordinary: an ice cream treat, We're in for a treat.
To treat someone is to pay for their meal or entertainment: I'll treat you to dinner.
Trick or treat is the Halloween greeting demanding candy.
Lavish attentive care
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
spoiling · dessert · chocolate · sweets · ice-cream · candy · cake · comfort
Gift or current moment
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- rewardPayment for service
- bonusReward beyond expectation
- perkEmployment bonus
generosity · thoughtfulness · giving · token · gesture · goodwill · kindness · gratitude
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- dealAgreement or distribution
- agreementShared position between parties
- termsConditions of an agreement
settlement · arrangement · compromise · pact · mediation · parley · concession · diplomat
Short recreational trip
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- funAmusement or pleasure
- amusementPleased entertainment state
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
diversion · enjoyment · experience · occasion · event · adventure · celebration · festivity
Curative mental treatment
- cureTreatment that heals
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- healRestore to wellness
- medicineCurative substance or practice
procedure · diagnosis · prescription · intervention · rehabilitation · chemotherapy · physiotherapy · surgery
pampering
Lavish attentive care
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
self-care · spoiling · dessert · chocolate · sweets · ice-cream · candy · cake · comfort · hedonism
present
Gift or current moment
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- rewardPayment for service
- bonusReward beyond expectation
perk · generosity · thoughtfulness · giving · token · gesture · goodwill · kindness · gratitude · souvenir
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- dealAgreement or distribution
- agreementShared position between parties
terms · settlement · arrangement · compromise · pact · mediation · parley · concession · diplomat · broker
outing
Short recreational trip
pleasure · diversion · enjoyment · experience · occasion · event · adventure · celebration · festivity · party
therapy
Curative mental treatment
medicine · procedure · diagnosis · prescription · intervention · rehabilitation · chemotherapy · physiotherapy · surgery · medication
handle
Part for gripping
address · regard · interact · courtesy · respect · manner · reception · hospitality · welcome · consideration
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- dog trainingdown, come, wait, quiet, place
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- rewardreward, reinforcement, incentive, gratification, pleasure
treatpunishment
Penalty for an offense
penalty · consequence · sanction · discipline · retribution
treatdeprivation
State of lacking necessities
denial · hardship · privation · abstinence · austerity
- trick or treatHalloween door-to-door phrase
- silent treatmentRefusing to speak
- HIV treatmentAntiretroviral therapy regimen
- treat yourselfAllow personal indulgence
- trick or treatingCostumed candy solicitation
- inpatient treatmentCare requiring overnight stays
retreat, treaty, treatment, treated, treats, treating, mistreat, untreated, treatise