Illness

/ˈɪl.nəs/

Synonyms for "illness" (123 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

abnormalityacute diseaseaddictionaffectionafflictionailmentallergic diseaseallergyatrophybacterial diseasebirth defectblightbugcardiovascular diseasechronic diseasecirculatory disease

Strong matches (37)

Noun(14 words)
coldconditionscontagioncurrent conditiondefectdiphtheriadiseasedisease statediseasesdisorder the plandisordersfeel sickhealth conditionhealth problem
complaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defectdefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedisabilitydiseasedisorderdistemperendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic disease
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Verb(1 words)
condition the soil
Adjective(1 words)
current illness

Related words (61)

hereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmitymaladymalaisemorbiditymorbusmuscular diseaseneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseorganic diseasepandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypipplant diseaseprotozoan disease
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psychosomatic diseaserespiratory diseaserockinesssecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignssymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe piptroubleurogenital diseasevirus diseasewasting diseaseworm disease
Adjective(3 words)
ill healthpoor healthunhealthy condition
Noun(18 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
conditionhealth problemill healthmedical conditionstate of healthunhealthiness

More specific

7 entries
coldflumild illnessmoral illnesspneumoniashort term illnesssocial ill

Collocations

6 entries
acute illnesscause illnesschronic illnessmental illnessprevent illnessserious illness

Inflections

1 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I feel indebted to you for your help during my illness.

Source: tatoeba (17502)

I sincerely hope that you will soon recover from your illness.

Source: tatoeba (17785)

A sudden illness prevented him from going there.

Source: tatoeba (19602)

A sudden illness forced her to cancel her appointment.

Source: tatoeba (19603)

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