illness | Definition of illness

Synonyms and Antonyms of illness

1 an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time

Synonyms of illness

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble

Words Related to illness

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague

Near Antonyms of illness

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Antonyms of illness

health, wellness

2 the condition of not being in good health

prone to illness as a child, he was sent to a western ranch with the expectation that it would toughen him up

Synonyms of illness

indisposition, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

Words Related to illness

malaise, sickishness

affliction, ailment, condition, disease, disorder, dysfunction (also disfunction), malady, trouble, upset

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, sickliness, weakliness, weakness

Near Antonyms of illness

comeback, convalescence, healing, mending, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehab, rehabilitation, snapback

fettle, fitness, shape

hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality

bloom, flush, flushness

weal, welfare, well-being

Antonyms of illness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness