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Synonyms for chronic
ˈkrɒn ɪkchron·ic
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Wiktionary
chronicadjective
Antonyms:
acutechronicnoun
A chronic one
Antonyms:
acutechronicnoun
Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.
Antonyms:
acutechronicadjective
suffering from such affliction
Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition
Antonyms:
acutechronicadjective
He's a chronic smoker
Antonyms:
acutechronicadjective
That concert was chronic
Antonyms:
acutechronicadjective
They left him in a chronic condition
Antonyms:
acutechronicadjective
That was cool, chronic in fact
Antonyms:
acute
Princeton's WordNet
chronicadjective
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
"chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
Synonyms:
inveterate, continuingchronic, continuingadjective
of long duration
"chronic money problems"
Synonyms:
inveterate, continuingchronic, inveterateadjective
habitual
"a chronic smoker"
Synonyms:
inveterate, continuing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
chronicadjective
Synonyms:
inveterate, deep-seated, of long duration
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
chronicadjective
Synonyms:
habitual, lingering, inveterate
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "chronic":
chronicle, chronique, chronically, chronicles, chroniques, chronical, column, long-term, recurrent, persistent, perennial, long-standing, glimpse
Suggested Resources
Chronic
Chronic vs. Acute -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Chronic and Acute.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2239 | column | |
#3035 | continuing | |
#4901 | chronic | |
#6870 | chronicles | |
#8062 | chronicle | |
#9645 | persistent | |
#14766 | glimpse | |
#16516 | recurrent | |
#16729 | perennial | |
#33737 | chronically | |
#91750 | chroniques | |
#105264 | inveterate | |
#141830 | chronique | |
#221898 | chronical |
How to use chronic in a sentence?
Because they all share the same underlying biological mechanisms: chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, changes in the microbiome, changes in gene expression, overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, changes in immune function and so on, and in turn, each one of these is directly influenced by what we eat, how we respond to stress, how much exercise we get and how much love and support we have.
It's an overall United States problem. The lead poisoning increases during deer season but we see it all year, some times it's chronic low-grade exposure over time that also brings them down.
People are coming across the border and have no idea where they're going to go, access to chronic medications for chronic conditions -- hypertension, diabetes -- kept coming up. ... How do we access this care ?
They all asked me if I was a smoker, i have COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] and I never smoked a day in my life. I have Sleep Apnea. Every year it gets worse and worse.
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.
Translations for chronic
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- дълготраен, продължителен, хроничен, привиченBulgarian
- crònicCatalan, Valencian
- chronickýCzech
- chronischGerman
- χρόνιοςGreek
- crónica, crónicoSpanish
- kroonilineEstonian
- krooninenFinnish
- chroniqueFrench
- crónica, crónicoGalician
- जीर्णHindi
- cronicoItalian
- 慢性的Japanese
- 만성병 환자Korean
- chronicum, chronicusLatin
- chronischDutch
- kroniskNorwegian
- chronicznyPolish
- crónica, crónicoPortuguese
- хроническийRussian
- kroniskSwedish
- хронічнийUkrainian
- 慢性Chinese
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