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hypochondriac

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hypochondriac

a person who is often or always worried about being ill

My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of hypochondriac

crock [slang], valetudinarian, valetudinary

bellyacher, complainer, fusser, griper, grouch, whiner

handwringer, worrier, worrywart

defeatist, pessimist

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