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disabled
Synonyms and Antonyms of disabled
deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help Synonyms challenged, differently abled, exceptional, impaired, incapacitated Related Words special-needs; halt, lame, paralyzed, quadriplegic; immobile, immobilized; ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell; blind, deaf, hard of hearing, mute Near Antonyms bouncing, chipper, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, well, whole, wholesome Antonyms able-bodied, abled, nondisabled, unimpaired
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