Synonyms for trauma
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun

   any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

   Synonyms:
   hurt, wound, injury, distress, detriment, harm, accidental injury, psychic trauma, impairment, suffering, damage, scathe, combat injury

2. trauma, psychic traumanoun

   an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

   Synonyms:
   injury, hurt, psychic trauma, harm

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "trauma":

   injury, shock, injuries, shocks, traumatic

How to pronounce trauma?

How to say trauma in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use trauma in a sentence?

1. Vanessa Nagel:

   It’s going to take help, for our kids especially, to move on after the trauma that they’ve gone through.

2. Michael Hill:

   There are no internal organs that were damaged, and she didn’t have any brain trauma, which I’m incredibly thankful for.

3. Mark Burns:

   The findings mirror what has been observed about such damage in humans years after a brain injury, especially among athletes, studies have shown that almost all people with single concussions spontaneously recover, but athletes who play contact sports are much more susceptible to lasting brain damage. These findings fill in the picture of how and when concussion and mild head trauma can lead to sustained brain damage.

4. Anthon St Maarten:

   If I can spare just one gifted child unnecessary trauma, or inspire just one adult to come out of the 'clair closet', the bewilderment I had to endure would all be worth it.

5. Rebecca Campbell:

   Rape kit testing reform is possible, and we showed how to do it, our work in Detroit can serve as a model for other communities in how to form multidisciplinary partnerships, develop evidence-based solutions for rape kit testing and help survivors heal from the trauma of rape.