Definitions for therapy

therapy ther·a·py

Spelling: [ther-uh-pee]
IPA: /ˈθɛr ə pi/

Therapy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in therapy (aehprty).

Definitions for therapy

noun

  1. the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process:
  2. a curative power or quality.
  3. psychotherapy.
  4. any act, hobby, task, program, etc., that relieves tension.

Origin of therapy

1840-50; New Latin therapīa Greek therapeía healing (akin to therápōn attendant)

Examples for therapy

It is a therapy which is positive, dynamic and constructive.

The legal status of therapy is still ambiguous in many states.

They make up one way of describing the ideal outcomes of therapy.

His conception of therapy is casual, simple, and often good-humored.

For months, I did my best to carry on while no therapy appointments were made, no grand apologetic gestures were offered.

Hanging out backstage, documenting the performers and the life of the show, is like therapy for her, she says.

I have tried to give a realistic picture of confidentiality in therapy.

He was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to get this therapy.

Instead, we get a two-hour therapy session from Dustin Diamond.

Collaborating with him on a film was the best kind of therapy I could have asked for.

Word Value for therapy
Scrable

15

Words with friends

14

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