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Antonyms for chronic
ˈkrɒn ɪkchron·ic

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  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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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 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 Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. chronicadjective

    Synonyms:
    habitual, lingering, inveterate

How to use chronic in a sentence?

  1. Tad Gerlinger:

    Patients are less tolerant of activity restrictions now than they ever were, and so younger and younger patients are seeking out a solution to their problem of chronic knee or hip pain.

  2. Charles Hoge:

    The study confirms what we know from several decades of PTSD research and clinical care – that war-zone PTSD can at times have a chronic and even lifelong impact, the most important take-home message for Vietnam veterans is that there are many more treatment options available now than when they returned from Vietnam, and it’s never too late to receive treatment.

  3. Ron Davis:

    We don't know exactly why the cells and plasma are acting this way, or even what they're doing, (But) we clearly see a difference in the way healthy and chronic fatigue syndrome immune cells process stress.

  4. Molly Dugan:

    We focus on things that address chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes and prevention of falls.

  5. Leonard Marshall:

    It means a lot to me to see the word get out and the science be exposed behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, concussion.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#746short
#4901chronic
#5261unusual
#5690acute
#59076subacute

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