healer

Meanings

Plural: healers

Noun

a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
One who heals, especially through faith.
Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

Synonyms

therapist

Scrabble Score: 9

healer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
healer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
healer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

healer is a valid Words With Friends word