Illness (Noun)

Meaning

Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

• Unwellness
• Sickness
• Malady

Antonyms

• Wellness

Hypernyms

• Health Problem
• Unhealthiness

Hyponyms

• Gastrointestinal Disorder
• Toxemia
• Anuria
• Plumbism
• Toxaemia
• Saturnism
• Aeroembolism
• Air Embolism
• Prostration
• Gas Embolism
• Bends
• Toxaemia Of Pregnancy
• Caisson Disease

Related Words

• Ill (adjective)