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Synonyms & Antonyms of dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
- doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own
Synonyms for dementia
- aberration,
- derangement,
- insanity,
- lunacy,
- madness,
- mania,
- rage
- [archaic]
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 18 May. 2021.
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The first known use of dementia was in 1806
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