Treat meaning

What does “treat” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“treat” is a noun and verb with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: something considered choice to eat.

treat

interact in a certain way
“Do right by her”
“Treat him with caution, please”
Synonymshandle do by
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
“process cheese”
“process hair”
Synonymsprocess
provide treatment for
“The doctor treated my broken leg”
“The nurses cared for the bomb victims”
Synonymscare for
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
“This book deals with incest”
“The course covered all of Western Civilization”
Synonymscover handle plow deal address
provide with a gift or entertainment
“Grandmother always treated us to the circus”
“I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed”
provide with choice or abundant food or drink
“Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating”
“She treated her houseguests with good food every night”
Synonymsregale
engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
“they had to treat with the King”
regard or consider in a specific way
“I treated his advances as a joke”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University