Antonyms for chronic
ˈkrɒn ɪkchron·ic

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1. chronicadjective

   Antonyms:
   acute

2. chronicnoun

   A chronic one

   Antonyms:
   acute

3. chronicnoun

   Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.

   Antonyms:
   acute

4. chronicadjective

   suffering from such affliction

   Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

5. chronicadjective

   He's a chronic smoker

   Antonyms:
   acute

6. chronicadjective

   That concert was chronic

   Antonyms:
   acute

7. chronicadjective

   They left him in a chronic condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

8. chronicadjective

   That was cool, chronic in fact

   Antonyms:
   acute

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1. • Medicine

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. chronicadjective

   being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

   "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"

   Antonyms:
   acute, unusual, short, subacute

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

2. chronic, continuingadjective

   of long duration

   "chronic money problems"

   Antonyms:
   acute, short, subacute, unusual

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

3. chronic, inveterateadjective

   habitual

   "a chronic smoker"

   Antonyms:
   subacute, acute, short, unusual

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chronicadjective

   Synonyms:
   habitual, lingering, inveterate

How to use chronic in a sentence?

1. Robert Graham:

   Eighty percent of chronic diseases we face are preventable and reversible by eating a more plant-based diet. This [ pandemic ] is a call to action to switch to more plant-based meals and to cook more. They are the two silver linings.

2. Mike Ryan:

   We don't know what the impact of this will be in undernourished children with chronic malnutrition, we don't know what the impact of this will be in in overcrowded refugee camps. So, there's a lot still to be learned.

3. Margaret Schwarze:

   Fix-it might be a great model for appendicitis but it's not a good model for patients who need major surgery and have multiple chronic conditions.

4. Vaile Wright:

   It's not inevitable that people with chronic stress will have negative outcomes, if you can identify the things that are in your control and then engage in healthy behaviors, you can mitigate some of that stress.

5. Annelie Vogt von Heselholt:

   If your immune system isn’t in top shape, daily stress from work and life can cause you to feel run down and develop inflammation and chronic diseases, by eating foods that are immune system boosters, you can help your body be stronger and better resist stress and diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

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