Synonyms for illness
ˈɪl nɪsill·ness

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1. illnessnoun

   An instance of a disease or poor health.

   Synonyms:
   sickness

2. illnessnoun

   A state of bad health or disease.

   Synonyms:
   sickness

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1. illness

   Disease is the general term for any deviation from health; in a more limited sense it denotes some definite morbid condition; disorder and affection are rather partial and limited; as, a nervous affection; a disorder of the digestive system. Sickness was generally used in English speech and literature, till the close of the eighteenth century at least, for every form of physical disorder, as abundantly appears in the English Bible: "Jesus went about ... healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people," Matt. iv, 23; "Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died," 2 Kings xiii, 14. There is now, in England, a tendency to restrict the words sick and sickness to nausea, or "sickness at the stomach," and to hold ill and illness as the only proper words to use in a general sense. This distinction has received but a very limited acceptance in the United States, where sick and sickness have the earlier and wider usage. We speak of trifling ailments, a slight indisposition, a serious or a deadly disease; a slight or severe illness; a painful sickness. Complaint is a popular term, which may be applied to any degree of ill health, slight or severe. Infirmity denotes a chronic or lingering weakness or disability, as blindness or lameness.

   Synonyms:
   affection, ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, distemper, indisposition, infirmity, malady, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

   Antonyms:
   health, robustness, soundness, strength, sturdiness, vigor

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1. illness, unwellness, malady, sicknessnoun

   impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

   Synonyms:
   unwellness, malady, nausea, sickness

   Antonyms:
   health, wellness

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. illnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   disease, sickness, indisposition, ailing, ailment, complaint, disorder, distemper

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1. illnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   malady, sickness, disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "illness":

   disease, diseases, sickness, sick, illnesses, morbidity, maladie, disorders, ill, disorder, ill-health, malady, condition, ailment

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How to use illness in a sentence?

1. Rita Mae Brown:

   The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

2. John Wanamaker:

   People who cannot find time for recreation are sooner or later to find time for illness.

3. Peter Heyboer:

   Physicians who use their authority in their position as a trusted adviser to spread misinformation ... they share part of the responsibility for the level of illness and death we are experiencing.

4. Scott C. Holstad:

   I long for things. I long for things I can’t begin to describe, but while I am affected chemically, I ultimately need to assume responsibility for my actions and if love counts and life counts then I can’t be a sleepwalker. I have to choose, lie down with my choices, make my efforts, try to get better, live to see my illness, not through crazed eyes, but through the eyes of a shared language – reconstructed depths of wholeness.

5. Casey Smitherman:

   After making sure he had eaten, I could tell he had some of the symptoms of strep throat, as a parent, I know how serious this illness can be if left untreated, and I took him to an emergency clinic.