Synonyms of illness

illness

noun

1

as in disease

an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disease
• ailment
• ill
• sickness
• fever
• condition
• disorder
• infection
• malady
• bug
• attack
• infirmity
• distemper
• ail
• complication
• plague
• trouble
• complaint
• affection
• distemperature
• contagion
• contagious disease
• debility
• lameness
• epidemic
• bout
• unsoundness
• feebleness
• spell
• pestilence
• malaise
• sickliness
• weakness
• unwellness
• unhealthiness
• fit
• decrepitude
• contagium
• matter
• pest
• frailness
• pip

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• fitness
• soundness
• wholeness
• robustness
• wholesomeness
• shape
• healthiness
• heartiness
• fettle

2

as in sickness

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 & Similar Words

• sickness
• ailment
• disease
• disorder
• indisposition
• dysfunction
• unsoundness
• unhealthiness
• condition
• trouble
• weakness
• malady
• malaise
• disfunction
• invalidism
• debility
• upset
• infirmity
• lameness
• invalidity
• feebleness
• hypochondria
• decrepitude
• sickliness
• sickishness
• affliction
• frailness
• weakliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• health
• wellness
• recovery
• rehabilitation
• convalescence
• healing
• soundness
• recuperation
• wholeness
• healthiness
• rehab
• wholesomeness
• fitness
• mending
• shape
• comeback
• strength
• rally
• vitality
• vigor
• toughness
• stamina
• hardiness
• welfare
• heartiness
• robustness
• ruggedness
• well-being
• bloom
• fettle
• snapback
• flush
• lustiness
• weal
• vigorousness
• flushness