time is the great healer

A form of time is a great healer — Synonym of time heals all wounds.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of time is a great healer.

    Next to God, time is the great healer; and human love, guided by tact, can often achieve signal success.

    1883, Edward Payson Roe, His Sombre Rivals
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    As Brexit tears the country apart, let time be the great healer – there are strong arguments for doing so come March 2019[.]

    2018 October 26, Nigel Gardner, “Britain, this is not a wind-up: change your clocks to EU time”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

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time heals all wounds
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APA

time is the great healer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20is%20the%20great%20healer

MLA

“time is the great healer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20is%20the%20great%20healer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “time is the great healer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/time%20is%20the%20great%20healer.

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