panacea

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
2. noun A solution to all problems.

   A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.

3. noun The plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.

Similar words

cure-all nostrum medicine diacatholicon antidote elixir solution bullet miracle panchreston

Often followed by

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Word family

panacean panaceas