Synonyms for illness
ˈɪl nɪsill·ness

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1. illnessnoun

   An instance of a disease or poor health.

   Synonyms:
   sickness

2. illnessnoun

   A state of bad health or disease.

   Synonyms:
   sickness

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1. illness

   Disease is the general term for any deviation from health; in a more limited sense it denotes some definite morbid condition; disorder and affection are rather partial and limited; as, a nervous affection; a disorder of the digestive system. Sickness was generally used in English speech and literature, till the close of the eighteenth century at least, for every form of physical disorder, as abundantly appears in the English Bible: "Jesus went about ... healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people," Matt. iv, 23; "Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died," 2 Kings xiii, 14. There is now, in England, a tendency to restrict the words sick and sickness to nausea, or "sickness at the stomach," and to hold ill and illness as the only proper words to use in a general sense. This distinction has received but a very limited acceptance in the United States, where sick and sickness have the earlier and wider usage. We speak of trifling ailments, a slight indisposition, a serious or a deadly disease; a slight or severe illness; a painful sickness. Complaint is a popular term, which may be applied to any degree of ill health, slight or severe. Infirmity denotes a chronic or lingering weakness or disability, as blindness or lameness.

   Synonyms:
   affection, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, distemper, indisposition, infirmity, malady, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

   Antonyms:
   health, robustness, soundness, strength, sturdiness, vigor

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1. illness, unwellness, malady, sicknessnoun

   impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

   Synonyms:
   unwellness, malady, nausea, sickness

   Antonyms:
   health, wellness

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1. illnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   disease, sickness, indisposition, ailing, ailment, complaint, disorder, distemper

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1. illnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   malady, sickness, disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "illness":

   disease, diseases, sickness, sick, illnesses, morbidity, maladie, disorders, ill, disorder, ill-health, malady, condition, ailment

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1. Victor George Flores:

   Looking at the incubation period, they returned and were infected there, that's the natural course of this illness, it's proven because among the workers where they were staying, there are no positive cases.

2. Lindsey Graham:

   For a federal mandate to come about for measles or any other particular illness or disease you'd have to convince me it was necessary, but the question is, is there scientific evidence to justify a politician suggesting that vaccinations programs we have today are unsound? My answer is no.

3. Mary Lou Manning:

   The scientific evidence is clear that the routine annual influenza vaccination of health care providers can reduce influenza-related illness and its potentially serious consequences among the providers and their patients, there is also evidence to suggest that when hospital workers get vaccinated, community flu rates decline.

4. Casey Smitherman:

   After making sure he had eaten, I could tell he had some of the symptoms of strep throat, as a parent, I know how serious this illness can be if left untreated, and I took him to an emergency clinic.

5. Pierre Tariot:

   Imagine it's your spouse, personality changes, memory is different, language and communication is different, you don't know what is going on. Then you start getting answers, and you get a sense of how to play to his strengths and minimize his weaknesses. Here are travel tips, communication tips, and safety issues; here are ways to stay happy and joyful, even though this is a new chronic illness.