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Synonyms for vertigo
ˈvɜr tɪˌgoʊ; vərˈtɪdʒ əˌnizver·ti·go

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. vertigonoun

    Synonyms:
    giddiness, dizziness

  2. vertigonoun

    A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.

    Synonyms:
    giddiness, dizziness

  3. vertigonoun

    A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness.

    Synonyms:
    giddiness, dizziness

  4. vertigonoun

    The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation.

    Synonyms:
    dizziness, giddiness

Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 5 votes

  1. dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigonoun

    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

    Synonyms:
    silliness, dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vertigonoun

    Synonyms:
    dizziness, giddiness, swimming of the head

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "vertigo":

    dizziness, dizzy, trembling, dizzying

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#20527vertigo
#21394dizzy
#21562dizziness
#27144trembling
#45111silliness
#59860dizzying
#78377lightheadedness
#152364giddiness

How to use vertigo in a sentence?

  1. Jackie Clark:

    The excessive amount [ of earwax ] can cause hearing loss or ringing in your ears. Some people experience vertigo, which increases the risk of falling, right now, we see some correlation between hearing loss and cognitive decline.

  2. Ogden Nash:

    And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet more.

  3. Stephen Mallon:

    I had never seen anything like this, and I've been in New York for over 20 years ... there's a sense of vertigo as they drop -- you want to hold on as it falls.

  4. Helen Maroulis:

    I would literally have these personality changes, or these dizzy bouts or vertigo, it was just really challenging to navigate all that.

  5. Jason Day:

    The vertigo is a difficult thing, it just comes and goes whenever it pleases. I wasn't expecting it, i've had it before and there have been years between stretches, and unfortunately it happened at the U.S. Open and that knocked me off my feet.


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