Meanings
plural healers
- One who heals, especially through faith.
faith healer
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gifted healer
natural healer
The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.
She became known as a spiritual healer.
Despite wanting to become an actress in her younger years, she chose the path of a healer and enrolled at the University of Amsterdam to study medicine.
2026 August 13, Nicholas Muhoro, “Dutch Medical Student Sophia Koetsier Vanished in Uganda in 2015. An Unknown Man’s DNA Was Later Found on Her Clothing”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhelere
- Englishhealer
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic المعالج
- المعالجperson who heals
Bulgarian лечител
- лечител (lečitel)person who heals
Czech léčitel
- léčitelperson who heals
Dutch genezer, heler
- genezerperson who heals
- helerperson who heals
- genezeresperson who heals
- heleresperson who heals
Esperanto resanigisto
- resanigistoperson who heals
Finnish parantaja
- parantajaperson who heals
French guérisseur, guérisseuse
- guérisseurperson who heals
- guérisseuseperson who heals
German Heiler, Heilerin
- Heilerperson who heals
- Heilerinperson who heals
Hungarian gyógyító
- gyógyítóperson who heals
Indonesian penyembuh
- penyembuhperson who heals
Italian guaritore
- guaritoreperson who heals
Latin sānātor, sanatrix
- sānātorperson who heals
- sanatrixperson who heals
Polish uzdrowiciel, uzdrowicielka
- uzdrowicielperson who heals
- uzdrowicielkaperson who heals
- znachorperson who heals
- znachorkaperson who heals
Portuguese curandeiro
- curandeiroperson who heals
Romanian vindecător, vindecătoare
- vindecătorperson who heals
- vindecătoareperson who heals
Russian цели́тель, зна́харь
- цели́тель (celítelʹ)person who heals
- зна́харь (znáxarʹ)person who heals
Spanish curandero, santero
- curanderoperson who heals
- santeroperson who heals
- sanadorperson who heals
Swedish helare, helbrägdagörare
- helareperson who heals
- helbrägdagörareperson who heals
Ukrainian ціли́тель, ціли́телька
- ціли́тель (cilýtelʹ)person who heals
- ціли́телька (cilýtelʹka)person who heals
Yiddish רופא
- רופא (royfe)person who heals
Zulu inyanga, ugedla class 11/10
- inyangaperson who heals
- ugedla class 11/10person who heals
- umthandaziperson who heals
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with healer
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Cite this entry
healer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healer
“healer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “healer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healer.
Source: healer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.