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illness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of illness

1 an abnormal state that disrupts a plantʼs or animalʼs normal bodily functioning

  • suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time
Synonyms of illness

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Words Related to illness

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms of illness

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

fettle, shape
Antonyms of illness

health, wellness

2 the condition of not being in good health

  • prone to illness as a child, he was sent to a western ranch with the expectation that it would toughen him up
Synonyms of illness

indisposition, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness
Words Related to illness

malaise, sickishness

affliction, ailment, condition, disease, disorder, dysfunction (also disfunction), malady, trouble, upset

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, sickliness, weakliness, weakness

hypochondria
Near Antonyms of illness

comeback, convalescence, healing, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapback

fettle, fitness, shape

hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality

bloom, flush, flushness

weal, welfare, well-being
Antonyms of illness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness

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