You must leave diagnosis to your doctor.
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Diagnosis
/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
Synonyms for "diagnosis" (72 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (15)
actionanatomic diagnosisawardbiological diagnosisbiopsyclinical diagnosiscondemnationconsiderationconstructioncytodiagnosisdecisiondecreedefinition
Noun(2 words)
assessmentcoding label
Strong matches (21)
deliverancedescriptiondeterminationdictumdifferential diagnosisdigital examinationdoomelectrocardiographyelectroencephalographyelectromyographyexaltedexamination
Noun(9 words)
determinationdiagnosingdiagnostic codediagnosticationdisease codefault analysisfault diagnosisfault identificationfault localization
Related words (36)
findinginterpretationlaboratory diagnosismammographymeaningoral examinationorderpap testphysical diagnosisphysical examinationpostmortem diagnosisprecedentprognosispronouncementreadingresolutionrulingsentenceserodiagnosissmear
Noun(6 words)
identificationindividual student assessmentit troubleshootingmedical conditionstudent level analysistroubleshooting
Adjective(2 words)
medical diagnosisneurological disorder
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: action, anatomic diagnosis, assessment, award, biological diagnosis.
- Sentence evidence is available for diagnosis, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, wordnet, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "diagnosis".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "diagnosis"
Keep "diagnosis" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "diagnosis" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "diagnosis", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "diagnosis" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesMore specific
7 entriesICD codeSNOMED conceptdifferential diagnosisfault localizationfinal diagnosisprovisional diagnosisroot cause analysis
Collocations
6 entriesclinical diagnosisdiagnostic processdifferential diagnosisfinal diagnosismedical diagnosisprovisional diagnosis
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- diagnozë noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διάγνωσις noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Arabic
1 entries- تَشْخِيص noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Armenian
2 entries- ախտորոշում noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- դիագնոզ noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- diaqnoz noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Belarusian
1 entries- дыя́гназ noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Bulgarian
1 entries- диагно́за noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Catalan
2 entries- diagnosi noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnòstic noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 診斷 /诊断 noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 診斷 /诊断 noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Czech
1 entries- diagnóza noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Danish
2 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnosticering noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Dari
1 entries- تَشْخِیص noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Dutch
1 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Esperanto
1 entries- diagnozo noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Estonian
1 entries- diagnoos noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Finnish
1 entries- diagnoosi noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
French
2 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnostic noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Galician
1 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Georgian
1 entries- დიაგნოზი noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
German
2 entries- Diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- Diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
Greek
1 entries- διάγνωση noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Gujarati
1 entries- નિદાન noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִבחוּן noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Hindi
1 entries- निदान noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Hungarian
2 entries- diagnózis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- kórjelzés noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Icelandic
2 entries- greining noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- sjúkdómsgreining noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Indonesian
1 entries- diagnosis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Interlingua
1 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- تَشْخیص noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Italian
1 entries- diagnosi noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Japanese
1 entries- 診断 noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Kazakh
2 entries- диагноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- диагностика noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Khmer
1 entries- រោគរិនិច្ច័យ noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Korean
1 entries- 진단 noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- диагноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- диагностика noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Lao
2 entries- ການພິເຄາະໂຣກ noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- ການວິນິດໄສ noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Latvian
1 entries- diagnoze noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Lithuanian
1 entries- diagnozė noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Macedonian
1 entries- дијагно́за noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Malay
1 entries- diagnosis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Marathi
1 entries- निदान noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Mongolian
4 entries- диагноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- онош noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- оношилгоо noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- оношлогоо noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Māori
1 entries- whakatau māuiui noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Norman
1 entries- dgiag'nose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- teşxîs noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- diagnose noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Pashto
1 entries- تشخيص noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Polish
2 entries- diagnoza noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- rozpoznanie noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Portuguese
1 entries- diagnóstico noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Romanian
2 entries- diagnostic noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnoză noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Russian
3 entries- диа́гноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- диа́гноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
- диагно́стика noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dijagnóza noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- dijagnóza noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
- дијагно́за noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- дијагно́за noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
Slovak
1 entries- diagnóza noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Slovene
1 entries- diagnoza noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Spanish
4 entries- diagnosis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnosis noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
- diagnóstico noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- diagnóstico noun (identification of the nature and cause of something)
Swedish
1 entries- diagnos noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Tagalog
1 entries- suring-aral noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Tajik
1 entries- ташхис noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Thai
1 entries- การวินิจฉัย noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Turkish
2 entries- tanı noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- teşhis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Turkmen
1 entries- diagnoz noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- діа́гноз noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Urdu
1 entries- تَشْخِیص noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Uyghur
1 entries- دىئاگنوز noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Uzbek
2 entries- diagnoz noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
- tashxis noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chẩn đoán noun (identification of the nature and cause of an illness)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Avian medicine - diagnosis and treatment of illnesses.
Source: tatoeba (329416)
She gives a careful diagnosis to everyone.
Source: tatoeba (356276)
You must leave the diagnosis to your doctor.
Source: tatoeba (479803)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "diagnosis"?
Closest matches include action, anatomic diagnosis, assessment, award, biological diagnosis.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "diagnosis"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.