Definitions for Panacea

Panacea pan·a·ce·a

Spelling: [pan-uh-see-uh]
IPA: /ˌpæn əˈsi ə/

Panacea is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in Panacea (aaacenp).

Definitions for Panacea

noun

  1. a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
  2. an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties:
  3. an ancient Greek goddess of healing.

Origin of Panacea

1540-50; Latin Greek panákeia, equivalent to panake-, stem of panakḗs all-healing (pan- pan- + akḗs a cure) + -ia -ia

Examples for Panacea

The insulting needs to stop, but so too does the idea that tax cuts and family values are a panacea to all socioeconomic issues.

The Common Core standards are not a panacea; much depends on the curricula that states and districts select to implement them.

Then rest is sought for—rest is looked for as the panacea for all evils.

CAP came out for airstrikes against ISIS inside Iraq in June, but warned they were not a panacea.

Government interference, the panacea of cranks and schemers.

I'm not a woman—tears are no panacea for suffering like mine.

Relying on a phone call a week from your kids is hardly a panacea for loneliness.

Even a ban on semi-automatics is no panacea in a world full of powerful shotguns.

It is merely a spoon with which the panacea can be administered.

A brick may be considered a panacea, and may be carried in the hat.

Word Value for Panacea
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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