Antonyms for Symptom
ˈsɪmp təmsymp·tom

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.6 / 10 votes

1. symptomnoun

   Antonyms:
   cause

   Synonyms:
   sign, indication, manifestation

2. symptomnoun

   A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.

   Antonyms:
   cause

   Synonyms:
   manifestation, sign, indication

3. symptomnoun

   Anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

   Synonyms:
   indication, manifestation, sign

   Antonyms:
   cause

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. symptom

   A sign (Latin signum) is any distinctive mark by which a thing may be recognized or its presence known, and may be intentional or accidental, natural or artificial, suggestive, descriptive, or wholly arbitrary; thus, a blush may be a sign of shame; the footprint of an animal is a sign that it has passed; the sign of a business house now usually declares what is done or kept within, but formerly might be an object having no connection with the business, as "the sign of the trout;" the letters of the alphabet are signs of certain sounds. While a sign may be involuntary, and even unconscious, a signal is always voluntary, and is usually concerted; a ship may show signs of distress to the casual observer, but signals of distress are a distinct appeal for aid. A symptom is a vital phenomenon resulting from a diseased condition; in medical language a sign is an indication of any physical condition, whether morbid or healthy; thus, a hot skin and rapid pulse are symptoms of pneumonia; dulness of some portion of the lungs under percussion is one of the physical signs. Compare AUGUR; CHARACTERISTIC; EMBLEM.

   Synonyms:
   emblem, indication, manifestation, mark, note, omen, presage, prognostic, sign, signal, symbol, token, type

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. symptom

   Antonyms:
   misindication

   Synonyms:
   concurrent, concomitant, premonition, indication, mark, note, sign, token

Matched Categories

1. • Evidence
   • Indication
   • Medicine

Princeton's WordNet

1. symptomnoun

   (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

2. symptomnoun

   anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. symptomnoun

   Synonyms:
   indication, mark, sign, evidence, diagnostic

   Associated words:
   symptomatic, rymptomatology, semeiology, semeiotic, semeiography, pathognomonic, diagnosticate, diagnosis

How to use Symptom in a sentence?

1. Joan Rivers:

   Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly -- hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear.

2. Bulent Aliriza:

   This (the F-35 standoff) is really a symptom, not a cause of the problem between the two countries.

3. Sasja Beslik:

   If this is a symptom of a bigger problem, it could cost a lot of money and could affect the share quite a lot, and then we have to decide how to act on this -- if we should keep the share or sell.

4. Kathryn Smerling:

   Addiction is a symptom of what’s going on in your own psychology. It’s more dangerous when you have a character disorder like psychosis or bipolar, it’s a very common comorbidity, once you learn what your demons are you can conquer them, but you have to be willing to conquer them.

5. Katharine Lee:

   It wasn’t a symptom that was on the list, i expected that my arm would be sore, or that I might have a fever or a headache, but this just wasn’t on the list.

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