Synonyms for sick
sɪksick

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1. sick

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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1. sick

   Synonyms:
   diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, riling, feeble, morbid, nauseated, disgusted, corrupt, impaired, valetudinarian

   Antonyms:
   whole, well, healthy, sound, robust, strong, well-conditioned, salubrious

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sickadjective

   people who are sick

   "they devote their lives to caring for the sick"

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, pleased, strong, well, unmoved(p), untouched, unalarming, sane

2. ill, sickadjective

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

   "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

   Synonyms:
   grim, sickish, pale, inauspicious, mad, unhinged, sick(p), disturbed, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), ghastly, demented, queasy, ominous, crazy, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, pleased, unaffected, strong, sane, well, untouched, unmoved(p)

3. nauseated, nauseous, queasy, sick, sickishadjective

   feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

   Synonyms:
   noisome, nauseous, wan, disgusted, pale, sick(p), sick of(p), offensive, anxious, vile, unbalanced, unhinged, sickening, disturbed, brainsick, gruesome, unquiet, loathsome, macabre, grim, sickish, nauseated, nervous, fed up(p), mad, demented, crazy, nauseating, ghastly, ill, uneasy, queasy, grisly, pallid, tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   unmoved(p), strong, unaffected, sane, pleased, untouched, well, unalarming

4. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhingedadjective

   affected with madness or insanity

   "a man who had gone mad"

   Synonyms:
   harebrained, insane, nauseous, wan, disgusted, gaga, sore, imbalanced, macabre, brainsick, pallid, sick of(p), grisly, disquieted, half-baked, maladjusted, unbalanced, unhinged, disturbed, softheaded, gruesome, dotty, unrestrained, grim, sickish, worried, excited, nauseated, sick(p), fed up(p), mad, wild, pale, upset, delirious, demented, screwball, crazy, ghastly, huffy, ill, queasy, distressed, frantic, tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   well, strong, unmoved(p), unalarming, pleased, untouched, sane, unaffected

5. disgusted, fed up(p), sick(p), sick of(p), tired of(p)adjective

   having a strong distaste from surfeit

   "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke"

   Antonyms:
   strong, unaffected, sane, untouched, unalarming, unmoved(p), pleased, well

6. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

   "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, pale, mad, unhinged, sick(p), ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   pleased, strong, untouched, sane, unaffected, unalarming, well, unmoved(p)

7. sickadjective

   deeply affected by a strong feeling

   "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, pale, mad, unhinged, sick(p), ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, unaffected, untouched, well, strong, unmoved(p), pleased, sane

8. ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sickverb

   shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

   "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, downcast, nauseous, wan, disgusted, pale, forbidding, dismal, dark, charnel, demented, disconsolate, sepulchral, black, gloomy, low, unbalanced, pallid, unrelenting, down in the mouth, stern, blue, disturbed, brainsick, unappeasable, gruesome, macabre, downhearted, grim, sickish, ill, nauseated, mordant, sick(p), unhinged, dour, fed up(p), mad, low-spirited, relentless, unforgiving, sorry, crazy, drab, ghastly, depressed, dingy, inexorable, dreary, queasy, drear, grisly, sick of(p), tired of(p)

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, unaffected, sane, untouched, well, strong, unmoved(p), pleased

9. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb

   eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, eruct, vagabond, gag, throw off, scour, range, frame, ramble, ptyalise, put, cat, claxon, ditch, honk, spill, barf, wander, hurtle, stray, rove, swan, roll, cronk, spew out, chuck, toot, puke, throw, cast, ptyalize, redact, spue, beep, be sick, purge, spit, regorge, blare, purify, vomit up, mould, mold, cast off, shake off, upchuck, disgorge, toss, throw away, heave, tramp, sanctify, contrive, drop, draw, flush, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, reproduce, couch, project, retch, pat, roam, shed

   Antonyms:
   strong, pleased, sane, untouched, unaffected, unalarming, well, unmoved(p)

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1. medical condition

   a type of disease that affect’s physical health

   mark had a medical condition in his heart, luckily the doctors treated it

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

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1. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts

2. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach

3. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   disgusted, tired, weary

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1. sickadjective

   Synonyms:
   ill, unwell, ailing, indisposed, diseased, morbid, nauseated, queasy, squeamish, qualmish, disgusted, surfeited, weary, palled, satiated

2. sickverb

   Synonyms:
   sick on, incite, urge

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1. List of paraphrases for "sick":

   ill, diseased, disease, sickness, illness, patient, iil, insane, unwell, crazy, ailing, malate, tired, illand, psycho, maniac, nauseous, sicko, carsick, infirm, sickly, unhealthy, patients, sicker, disgusting

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How to use sick in a sentence?

1. De Maiziere:

   It can't be true that 70 percent of men under the age of 40 are declared sick and not fit to travel before deportation. Experience suggests this is not the case.

2. Steve Scheffler:

   Activists are sick and tired of the go-along, buddy-buddy system, in particular John Boehner and Mitch McConnell and that whole political elite class that seems not to understand why they got elected, they are looking for areas to vent that frustration.

3. Esther Zinge:

   I could escape, but my nephew didn't because he was not able to walk. He was sick and now I don't know where he is.

4. Kevin Imrie:

   Competence is gained through repeated exposure to treating and operating on sick patients, and the care of patients does risk being disrupted by the frequent transfers of care from one doctor to another if hours are reduced.

5. Rick Brennan:

   One of the most important rules of war you is that you don't attack health care facilities, health care providers, the sick, the disabled. So these attacks do represent gross violations of international humanitarian law, violations of international humanitarian law, if proven, can be considered war crimes and the perpetrators can be taken to the International Criminal Court.