cure-all

[kyoor-awl]

noun

1. a remedy for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; panacea.

cure-all

noun

1. something reputed to cure all ailments

Word History and Origins

Origin of cure-all¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

But they also aren’t a cure-all, even if they can serve an important purpose for getting through challenging times in life.

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An herbal supplement that’s marketed as a cure-all for chronic pain and sold in gas stations and smoke shops is getting banned in communities across Southern California and the nation.

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The “Common Side Effects” writers go to admirable lengths to explain why a cure-all mushroom could be hazardous; violence would soar, the medicine could fall into the wrong hands, evildoers would never die.

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Rather than connecting audiences with experts on such topics, however, they present evangelical-style faith as something close to a cure-all.

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It was the cure-all for every economic pain that ailed us.

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Related Words

• elixir 
• magic bullet