Synonyms of recuperate

recuperate

verb

ri-ˈkü-pə-ˌrāt 

as in to recover

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

half the office was out today, many employees being sick or recuperating from the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recover
• heal
• improve
• recoup
• convalesce
• come back
• gain
• rally
• mend
• survive
• pull round
• snap back
• revive
• come to
• come around
• come round
• recruit
• cheer (up)
• perk (up)
• pull through
• pick up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come down
• collapse
• fail
• deteriorate
• weaken
• decline
• fade
• wilt
• sink
• worsen
• waste (away)
• degenerate
• wither
• sicken
• ail
• languish
• relapse
• regress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recuperate

Nuland said his group supports a bill pending in the Florida Legislature that would require licenses and set quality standards for recovery houses where patients often stay to recuperate for a few days after cosmetic surgery. —Fred Schulte, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026

Thanks to the intervention of an outstanding medical team at MGH, George was stabilized after spending more than 10 days in intensive care, and is now recuperating. —Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026

He was injured in a car accident in New York City following the 1912 World Series, and two months later died aboard a train while enroute to California to recuperate at a sanitarium. —Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026

Sometimes spliced into proceedings by editors Dávid Jancsó and Ilka Janka Nagy with blink-like brevity, these flashbacks seemingly connote the intrusive thoughts and blackouts of an addled, recuperating mind. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026