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- DictionaryPan·a·ce·a/ˌpanəˈsēə/
noun
- 1. a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases: "the panacea for all corporate ills"
PANACEA definition: 1. something that will solve all problems: 2. something that will cure all illnesses 3. something…. Learn more.
A complete guide to the word "PANACEA": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
5 days ago · countable noun. If you say that something is not a panacea for a particular set of problems, you mean that it will not solve all those problems. The proposal is not a panacea for Britain's economic problems. [ + for] Western aid may help but will not be a panacea.
If someone offers you a pill that promises eternal life, don’t take the pill. It’s a panacea, a remedy that falsely claims to solve every problem ever.
panacea (for something) something that will solve all the problems of a particular situation. There is no single panacea for the problem of unemployment.
n. A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all. [Latin panacēa, from Greek panakeia, from panakēs, all-healing : pan-, pan- + akos, cure .] pan′a·ce′an adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun panacea mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun panacea, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
