noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rēʹhăb
/ˈɹiːhæb/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Examples
go into rehab
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An institution for rehabilitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: firefighting, government
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To rehabilitate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Clipping of rehabilitation.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
復原 /复原
(fùyuán)
— An act of rehabilitation
Finnish:
kuntoutus
— An act of rehabilitation
Finnish:
kuntouttaminen
— An act of rehabilitation
Finnish:
vieroitushoito
— An act of rehabilitation
French:
désintox
— An act of rehabilitation
German:
Reha
— An act of rehabilitation
Ido:
rehabilito
— An act of rehabilitation
Italian:
riabilitazione
— An act of rehabilitation
Italian:
riabilitazioni
— An act of rehabilitation
Polish:
rehabilitacja
— An act of rehabilitation
Polish:
odwyk
— An act of rehabilitation
Romanian:
reabilitare
— An act of rehabilitation
Spanish:
rehabilitación
— An act of rehabilitation
Swedish:
rehab
— An act of rehabilitation
Finnish:
kuntoutusklinikka
— An institution for rehabilitation
German:
Rehaklinik
— An institution for rehabilitation
Ido:
rehabiliterio
— An institution for rehabilitation
Italian:
centro di riabilitazione
— An institution for rehabilitation
Polish:
centrum odwykowe
— An institution for rehabilitation
Russian:
рехаб
(rexab)
— An institution for rehabilitation
Spanish:
centro de rehabilitación
— An institution for rehabilitation