Chronic

//ˈkɹɒn.ɪk//

Synonyms for "chronic" (199 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Adjective(1 words)
continuing

Strong matches (60)

Adjective(1 words)
inveterate

Related words (99)

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Translations

87 translations across 33 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἔμμονος adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عَوِيص adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • مُزْمِن adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Armenian

2 entries
  • քրոնիկ adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • քրոնիկ adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дълготраен adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • привичен adj (inveterate or habitual)
  • продължителен adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • хроничен adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Catalan

4 entries
  • crònic adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • crònic adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crònic adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crònic adj (inveterate or habitual)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 慢性 adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Czech

2 entries
  • chronický adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronický adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Dutch

4 entries
  • chronisch adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronisch adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • chronisch adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)
  • chronisch adj (inveterate or habitual)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kronika adj (that continues over an extended period of time)

Estonian

1 entries
  • krooniline adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

French

3 entries
  • chronique adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronique adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • chronique adj (inveterate or habitual)

Galician

4 entries
  • crónico adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • crónico adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (inveterate or habitual)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ქრონიკული adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

German

4 entries
  • Langzeit adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • andauernd adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronisch adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronisch adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • idült adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • krónikus adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kronis adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • kronis adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • kronis adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)

Italian

3 entries
  • cronico adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • cronico adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • cronico adj (inveterate or habitual)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 慢性的 adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • 慢性的 adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • 慢性的 adj (inveterate or habitual)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • созылмалы adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Latin

4 entries
  • chronicum adj (inveterate or habitual)
  • chronicus adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronicus adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • inveterātus adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Malay

3 entries
  • kronik adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • kronik adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • kronik adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)

Norman

3 entries
  • chronique adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chronique adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • chronique adj (inveterate or habitual)

Persian

2 entries
  • مزمن adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • پیاده adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Polish

3 entries
  • chroniczny adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • chroniczny adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • przewlekły adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • crónico adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • crónico adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (inveterate or habitual)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cronic adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • cronic adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Russian

3 entries
  • хрони́ческий adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • хрони́ческий adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • хрони́ческий adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)

Spanish

4 entries
  • crónico adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • crónico adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal)
  • crónico adj (inveterate or habitual)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kronisk adj (that continues over an extended period of time)
  • kronisk adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ముదురు adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • хоочу adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • хронічний adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • mãn tính adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)
  • mạn tính adj (medical: prolonged or slow to heal)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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I have a chronic pain here.

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My conjunctivitis is chronic.

Source: tatoeba (250756)

There is a chronic oversupply of rice in Japan.

Source: tatoeba (281252)

She suffers from a chronic malady.

Source: tatoeba (317105)

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