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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

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. Muhammad Haider Sajjad:

   I had not much to do during my illness. I used to keep count of injections I was being given.

2. David Gifford:

   Generally, if you're seeing a number of people in an institutional setting who have an illness, you start to take some precautions about the spread.

3. Ram Dass:

   (I'm) an uncle to the Baby Boomers, teaching them about illness and aging, not to be frightened of aging. That it's OK.

4. Aaron Swiggett:

   Since this is going to be the first heat wave of the year, it's important to be really cognizant of making sure that you're aware of any heat illness or heatstroke-related symptoms and being especially cautious of them and having extra water on hand to combat that and the importance of shade.

5. Peter Neufeld:

   There is no question that there's a much higher incidence of people falsely saying, quote, I did it, unquote, among individuals who have a history of mental illness.