illnesses

The word “illnesses” has 3 syllables: ill-ness-es

It's pronounced as /ˈɪlnəsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for illnesses?

In the thesaurus, “illnesses” has 66 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for illnesses along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for illnesses

  • affections
  • affliction
  • ailing
  • ailment
  • ailments
  • ails
  • attack
  • attacks
  • bouts
  • breakdown
  • bug
  • bugs
  • collapse
  • complaint
  • complaints
  • complications
  • conditions
  • confinement
  • contagia
  • contagions
  • contagious diseases
  • convalescence
  • debilities
  • decrepitudes
  • disability
  • diseasedness
  • diseases
  • disorder
  • disorders
  • distemperatures
  • distempers
  • disturbance
  • dose
  • epidemics
  • failing health
  • fevers
  • fit
  • fits
  • flu
  • ill health
  • ills
  • indisposition
  • infections
  • infirmities
  • infirmity
  • maladies
  • malady
  • malaise
  • malaises
  • matters
  • pestilences
  • pests
  • pips
  • plagues
  • poor health
  • prostration
  • relapse
  • seizure
  • sickness
  • sicknesses
  • spells
  • syndrome
  • troubles
  • unhealth
  • virus
  • weaknesses

Antonyms for illnesses

  • aid
  • good health
  • health
  • healthiness
  • order
  • well-being
  • wellness

Meanings of illnesses

  • noun
    1. An instance of a disease or poor health.
    2. A state of bad health or disease.

Example Sentences

  • The hospital is equipped to treat a wide range of illnesses, from common colds to rare diseases.
  • Preventive measures such as hand hygiene and vaccinations can reduce the spread of contagious illnesses within communities.
  • Health insurance plans typically cover the cost of medical treatment for various illnesses and conditions.
  • Public health campaigns aim to raise awareness about the importance of early detection and treatment for chronic illnesses.
  • The prevalence of mental health illnesses underscores the need for increased access to mental health services and support.

On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to illnesses, such as: affections, affliction, aid, ailing, ailment, ailments, ails.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

complications

  • affections
  • aftereffects
  • aggravation
  • ailments
  • ails
  • annoyances
  • attacks
  • bitches
  • bothers
  • bouts
  • bugs
  • complaints
  • complexities
  • complexity
  • complicacies
  • conditions
  • confusion
  • contagia
  • contagions
  • contagious diseases
  • convolutions
  • debilities
  • decrepitudes
  • development
  • difficulties
  • difficulty
  • dilemma
  • diseases
  • disorders
  • distemperatures
  • distempers
  • drawback
  • embarrassment
  • entanglement
  • epidemics
  • factor
  • fevers
  • fits
  • flies in the ointment
  • headaches
  • illnesses
  • ills
  • inconveniences
  • infections
  • infirmities
  • intricacies
  • intricacy
  • maladies
  • malaises
  • matters
  • obstacle
  • pestilences
  • pests
  • pips
  • plagues
  • problem
  • ramifications
  • sicknesses
  • side effects
  • side reactions
  • snag
  • spells
  • subtleties
  • technicalities
  • troubles
  • weaknesses
  • web

ills

  • abominations
  • abuse
  • accidents
  • adversities
  • affection
  • affections
  • affliction
  • afflictions
  • ailment
  • ailments
  • ails
  • anathemas
  • atrocities
  • attacks
  • bad
  • badness
  • blows
  • body blows
  • bouts
  • bugs
  • calamities
  • cancers
  • cankers
  • casualties
  • cataclysms
  • catastrophes
  • circumstances
  • complaint
  • complaints
  • complications
  • condition
  • conditions
  • contagia
  • contagions
  • contagious diseases
  • corruptions
  • cruelty
  • curses
  • damage
  • debaucheries
  • debilities
  • decays
  • decrepitudes
  • defeats
  • degeneracies
  • depravities
  • depravity
  • destinies
  • destruction
  • devilries
  • deviltries
  • diabolisms
  • disappointments
  • disasters
  • disease
  • diseases
  • disorder
  • disorders
  • distemperatures
  • distempers
  • distresses
  • dooms
  • enormities
  • epidemics
  • evil
  • evils
  • failures
  • fates
  • fevers
  • fits
  • fizzles
  • hardships
  • harm
  • hurt
  • illness
  • illnesses
  • immoralities
  • indecencies
  • indisposition
  • infections
  • infirmities
  • infirmity
  • iniquities
  • injury
  • insult
  • knocks
  • letdowns
  • lots
  • maladies
  • malady
  • malaise
  • malaises
  • malefactions
  • malice
  • matters
  • misadventures
  • mischances
  • mischief
  • miseries
  • misery
  • misfortunes
  • mishaps
  • nonsuccesses
  • pain
  • perversions
  • pestilences
  • pests
  • pips
  • plagues
  • portions
  • rot
  • satanisms
  • scurrilities
  • setbacks
  • sickness
  • sicknesses
  • sins
  • sorrows
  • spells
  • squalors
  • suffering
  • sufferings
  • syndrome
  • taboos
  • tabus
  • tragedies
  • trial
  • trials
  • tribulation
  • tribulations
  • trouble
  • troubles
  • unpleasantness
  • villainies
  • weaknesses
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • woes
  • wrong
  • wrongs

maladies

  • ache
  • affection
  • affections
  • affliction
  • ailment
  • ailments
  • ails
  • attack
  • attacks
  • blight
  • bouts
  • bug
  • bugs
  • cancer
  • complaint
  • complaints
  • complications
  • condition
  • conditions
  • contagia
  • contagion
  • contagions
  • contagious diseases
  • debilities
  • debility
  • decrepitudes
  • disability
  • diseases
  • disorder
  • disorders
  • distemper
  • distemperatures
  • distempers
  • epidemic
  • epidemics
  • fever
  • fevers
  • fits
  • flu
  • ill health
  • illness
  • illnesses
  • ills
  • infection
  • infections
  • infirmities
  • infirmity
  • inflammation
  • malaises
  • matters
  • pestilences
  • pests
  • pips
  • plague
  • plagues
  • sickness
  • sicknesses
  • spells
  • syndrome
  • troubles
  • virus
  • weaknesses

pandemics

  • affections
  • afflictions
  • ailments
  • blights
  • contagions
  • curses
  • epidemics
  • illnesses
  • infections
  • infirmities
  • maladies
  • murrains
  • pestilences
  • pests
  • plagues
  • scourges
  • sicknesses

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