Synonyms for chronic
ˈkrɒn ɪkchron·ic

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1. chronicadjective

   Antonyms:
   acute

2. chronicnoun

   A chronic one

   Antonyms:
   acute

3. chronicnoun

   Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.

   Antonyms:
   acute

4. chronicadjective

   suffering from such affliction

   Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

5. chronicadjective

   He's a chronic smoker

   Antonyms:
   acute

6. chronicadjective

   That concert was chronic

   Antonyms:
   acute

7. chronicadjective

   They left him in a chronic condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

8. chronicadjective

   That was cool, chronic in fact

   Antonyms:
   acute

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. chronicadjective

   being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

   "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   acute, unusual, short, subacute

2. chronic, continuingadjective

   of long duration

   "chronic money problems"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   acute, short, subacute, unusual

3. chronic, inveterateadjective

   habitual

   "a chronic smoker"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   subacute, acute, short, unusual

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. chronicadjective

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, deep-seated, of long duration

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. chronicadjective

   Synonyms:
   habitual, lingering, inveterate

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1. List of paraphrases for "chronic":

   chronicle, chronique, chronically, chronicles, chroniques, chronical, column, long-term, recurrent, persistent, perennial, long-standing, glimpse

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1. Alessio Fasano:

   There is a possibility that some groups of individuals with other chronic inflammatory conditions, including autoimmune diseases like diabetes or multiple sclerosis, of course autism ... and schizophrenia ... there could be a subgroup of these individuals that could benefit from embracing a gluten-free diet, for schizophrenia, for example, we're talking about 20% or 25%. That's not a trivial number.

2. Chensheng Lu:

   I think that case highlights the acute effects of insecticides, the blood cancers highlight the risks of chronic exposure.

3. Doreen Addrizzo-Harris:

   It’s up to all of us— 110 million Americans live in chronic pain and there is a way to find a meaningful life and purpose while you manage your chronic illness, i think that’s so important.

4. Chris Skopec:

   People are coming across the border and have no idea where they're going to go, access to chronic medications for chronic conditions -- hypertension, diabetes -- kept coming up. ... How do we access this care ?

5. Ron Davis:

   We don't know exactly why the cells and plasma are acting this way, or even what they're doing, (But) we clearly see a difference in the way healthy and chronic fatigue syndrome immune cells process stress.