illness

The word “illness” has 2 syllables: ill-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈɪlnəs/


What is synonym and antonym for illness?

In the thesaurus, “illness” has 71 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for illness along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for illness

  • affection
  • affliction
  • ail
  • ailing
  • ailment
  • attack
  • bout
  • breakdown
  • bug
  • collapse
  • complaint
  • complication
  • condition
  • confinement
  • contagion
  • contagious disease
  • contagium
  • convalescence
  • debility
  • decrepitude
  • disability
  • disease
  • diseasedness
  • disfunction
  • disorder
  • distemper
  • distemperature
  • disturbance
  • dose
  • dysfunction
  • epidemic
  • failing health
  • feebleness
  • fever
  • fit
  • flu
  • frailness
  • hypochondria
  • ill
  • ill health
  • indisposition
  • infection
  • infirmity
  • invalidism
  • invalidity
  • lameness
  • malady
  • malaise
  • matter
  • pest
  • pestilence
  • pip
  • plague
  • poor health
  • prostration
  • relapse
  • seizure
  • sickishness
  • sickliness
  • sickness
  • spell
  • syndrome
  • trouble
  • unhealth
  • unhealthiness
  • unsoundness
  • unwellness
  • upset
  • virus
  • weakliness
  • weakness

Antonyms for illness

  • aid
  • bloom
  • comeback
  • convalescence
  • fettle
  • fitness
  • flush
  • flushness
  • good health
  • hardiness
  • healing
  • health
  • healthiness
  • heartiness
  • lustiness
  • mending
  • order
  • rally
  • recovery
  • recuperation
  • rehab
  • rehabilitation
  • robustness
  • ruggedness
  • shape
  • snapback
  • soundness
  • stamina
  • strength
  • toughness
  • vigor
  • vigorousness
  • vitality
  • weal
  • welfare
  • well-being
  • wellness
  • wholeness
  • wholesomeness

Meanings of illness

  • noun
    1. An instance of a disease or poor health.
    2. A state of bad health or disease.

Example Sentences

  • Illness can take a toll on both physical and mental well-being, requiring proper care and attention.
  • The sudden onset of illness left him bedridden and unable to fulfill his daily responsibilities.
  • Despite her illness, she remained determined to maintain a positive outlook and continue pursuing her goals.
  • The doctor prescribed medication to alleviate the symptoms of the illness and promote recovery.
  • The company offers comprehensive health benefits to employees to support them during times of illness.

On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to illness, such as: affection, affliction, aid, ail, ailing, ailment, attack.

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Related Words

damage

  • abrasion
  • abuse
  • accident
  • account
  • adjustment
  • adulteration
  • adversity
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • affront
  • aggrieve
  • amends
  • annihilate
  • ante
  • asking price
  • assessment
  • atonement
  • award
  • bane
  • bang up
  • bash
  • batter
  • beating
  • bill
  • bleach
  • blemish
  • blight
  • bloody
  • blow
  • blow out
  • boo-boo
  • botch
  • break
  • breakage
  • bruise
  • bump
  • burn
  • carrying charge
  • casualty
  • catastrophe
  • cave-in
  • chafe
  • charge
  • check
  • clobber
  • compensation
  • compromise
  • concussion
  • contaminate
  • contamination
  • contuse
  • contusion
  • corrode
  • corrupt
  • corruption
  • cost
  • crab
  • crack
  • crease
  • cripple
  • crippling
  • crush
  • cut
  • dart
  • dash
  • debasement
  • decimate
  • deduction
  • deface
  • defacement
  • defile
  • demolish
  • dent
  • deposit
  • depreciation
  • deprivation
  • desolate
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • detriment
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • ding
  • dint
  • dirty
  • disability
  • disable
  • disablement
  • discolor
  • discount
  • disfigure
  • disfigurement
  • disintegrate
  • dismantle
  • disservice
  • disturbance
  • do in
  • down payment
  • endamage
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • erode
  • evil
  • expiation
  • fade
  • fair market value
  • fee
  • figure
  • fine
  • flaw
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • freight
  • gash
  • gnaw
  • gore
  • graze
  • hamstring
  • hardship
  • harm
  • hurt
  • illness
  • impair
  • impairment
  • incapacitate
  • indemnification
  • indemnity
  • indignity
  • infect
  • infliction
  • injure
  • injury
  • injustice
  • insult
  • invoice
  • knockout
  • lacerate
  • laceration
  • lame
  • lay up
  • lesion
  • list price
  • maim
  • maltreat
  • mangle
  • mar
  • markdown
  • market value
  • marring
  • mayhem
  • mischief
  • mishap
  • mulct
  • mutilate
  • mutilation
  • nick
  • offence
  • offense
  • outrage
  • overcharge
  • penalty
  • pollute
  • pollution
  • price
  • price point
  • price tag
  • pulverize
  • punishment
  • punitive damages
  • queer
  • quittance
  • rate
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recompense
  • recoupment
  • redress
  • reduction
  • refund
  • reimbursement
  • remuneration
  • reparation
  • reparations
  • repayment
  • requital
  • restitution
  • retaliation
  • reverse
  • rot
  • ruin
  • ruining
  • rupture
  • rust
  • sale
  • satisfaction
  • scald
  • scar
  • scathe
  • scorch
  • scour
  • scourge
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • sear
  • service charge
  • service fee
  • settlement
  • shatter
  • smash
  • solatium
  • split
  • spoil
  • spoilage
  • stab
  • stain
  • sticker price
  • strain
  • suffering
  • surcharge
  • swelling
  • tab
  • tamper with
  • tariff
  • tarnish
  • tear
  • tear down
  • torment
  • torture
  • total
  • undermine
  • unit price
  • valuation
  • value
  • vitiate
  • wash out
  • waste
  • weaken
  • wear away
  • wipe out
  • wound
  • wreak havoc on
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • wrong

damages

badness

  • abuse
  • accursedness
  • affection
  • affliction
  • ailment
  • atrociousness
  • atrocity
  • baseness
  • complaint
  • condition
  • corruption
  • cruelty
  • cursedness
  • damage
  • decadence
  • degeneracy
  • depravedness
  • depravity
  • destruction
  • devilishness
  • diabolicalness
  • disease
  • disorder
  • enormity
  • evil
  • evilness
  • execrableness
  • fiendishness
  • harm
  • heinousness
  • hellishness
  • hideousness
  • hurt
  • illness
  • immorality
  • indisposition
  • infamy
  • infirmity
  • injury
  • insult
  • malady
  • malaise
  • malice
  • mischief
  • misery
  • monstrosity
  • notoriety
  • pain
  • pervertedness
  • sickness
  • sinfulness
  • suffering
  • syndrome
  • trial
  • tribulation
  • trouble
  • unpleasantness
  • vileness
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • wrong

ill

pain

  • ache
  • advertence
  • advertency
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • aggravation
  • aggrieve
  • agonize
  • agony
  • ail
  • alertness
  • anguish
  • annoy
  • annoyance
  • annoyer
  • anxiety
  • asperity
  • attempt
  • attention
  • backache
  • bellyache
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • bleed
  • bore
  • bother
  • burn
  • care
  • carefulness
  • catch
  • chafe
  • charley horse
  • chasten
  • closeness
  • colic
  • complaint
  • concentration
  • conscientiousness
  • constrain
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • cramp
  • crick
  • cross
  • crucible
  • cut to the quick
  • damage
  • danger
  • despondency
  • detriment
  • difficulty
  • dint
  • discomfort
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • drag
  • drudgery
  • dutifulness
  • earache
  • effort
  • elbow grease
  • emergency
  • endeavor
  • energy
  • essay
  • exactness
  • exasperate
  • excruciate
  • excruciation
  • exertion
  • expenditure
  • fester
  • fever
  • fling
  • focus
  • force
  • gadfly
  • gall
  • gnawer
  • go
  • grief
  • grieve
  • grind
  • gripe
  • harass
  • harasser
  • hardship
  • harm
  • harrier
  • harrow
  • hassle
  • headache
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • heckler
  • heed
  • heedfulness
  • hit where one lives
  • hurt
  • illness
  • inflame
  • inflammation
  • injure
  • injury
  • interrupter
  • interruptor
  • irk
  • irreproachability
  • irreproachableness
  • irritate
  • irritation
  • itch
  • jeopardy
  • joylessness
  • labor
  • laceration
  • malady
  • malaise
  • martyrdom
  • meticulosity
  • meticulousness
  • might
  • mindfulness
  • misery
  • molester
  • muscle
  • nag
  • nick
  • nudnick
  • nudnik
  • nuisance
  • observance
  • observation
  • pain in the neck
  • painstaking
  • pang
  • paroxysm
  • particularity
  • pass
  • persecutor
  • pest
  • pinch
  • plague
  • pound
  • power
  • precision
  • prick
  • puissance
  • punctiliousness
  • punish
  • rack
  • responsibility
  • rigor
  • rile
  • sadden
  • sadness
  • scrupulousness
  • shock
  • shoot
  • shot
  • sickness
  • slog
  • smart
  • smarting
  • sore
  • soreness
  • sorrow
  • spasm
  • stab
  • sting
  • stitch
  • stomachache
  • strain
  • stress
  • suffer
  • sufferance
  • suffering
  • sweat
  • swell
  • swelling
  • tease
  • teaser
  • tenderness
  • throb
  • throe
  • tingle
  • toil
  • toothache
  • torment
  • tormenter
  • tormentor
  • torture
  • torturer
  • travail
  • trial
  • tribulation
  • trouble
  • try
  • twinge
  • unhappiness
  • upset
  • vex
  • vexation
  • vigilance
  • watchfulness
  • whack
  • while
  • woe
  • work
  • worry
  • wound
  • wretchedness

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