Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "injury" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

accident baseball field doctor's office emergency room emergency ward emergency ward case hockey game hospital living thing

Capable Of

become infected cause bleeding cause death consist of broken teeth hurts pain result in pain

Causes

pain

Causes Desire

bring suit check vital signs go into coma punish

Derived Terms

acute kidney injury add insult to injury add salt to injury cryoinjury heap insult on injury injury current injury potential injury time injury-prone insult to injury microinjury moral injury needlestick injury noninjury personal injury postinjury preinjury pressure injury psychological injury reinjury repetitive strain injury self-injury traumatic brain injury vaccine injury

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accident actus reus health problem ill health loss misconduct personnel casualty unhealthiness wrongdoing wrongful conduct

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

abrasion boo-boo bruise contusion cut ecchymosis excoriation flesh wound graze hurt incision laceration needlestick injury nick scrape scratch tear whiplash

Type Of (IsA)

accident act act harms or damages act of being harmed damage disease ill health illness physical damage tangible thing wrongdoing

Receives Action

imagined

Related Terms

abscess blister boil bump carbuncle damage defect detriment disease evil harm hit hurt impairment injure injurious injustice kick loss mischief pimple punch pustule rash slap sore ulcer wrong

Related Terms

accident accident consequence accidental accidental hurt blood body body harm bone broken broken bone broken leg consequence damage detriment evil harm hurt impairment in sports injure injurious injustice leg loss mischief pain sports violation war war wound wound wrong

Synonym Network

damage detriment evil ill impairment injustice loss mischief prejudice wound wrong

Used For

accident claim insurance disable enemy falling down file law suit getting wounded sue others

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.