impaired

The word “impaired” has 2 syllables: im-paired

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpeəd/

What is synonym and antonym for impaired?

In the thesaurus, “impaired” has 166 synonyms and 58 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for impaired

ailing
alcoholic
annihilated
banged up
bashed
battered
beery
befuddled
besotted
bibulous
blasted
bleary-eyed
blemished
blighted
blind
blitzed
bloodied
blotto
bombed
boozy
botched
broke
broken
bum
busted
canned
challenged
clobbered
cockeyed
compromised
crabbed
crapulous
crippled
crocked
crushed
damaged
dashed
deaf
debauched
debilitated
decimated
defaced
defective
demolished
dented
desolated
destroyed
deteriorated
devastated
did in
differently abled
dinged
dinted
dipsomaniacal
disabled
diseased
disfigured
dissipated
dissolute
dopey
dopy
down
drunk
drunken
endamaged
enervated
enfeebled
eroded
exceptional
flawed
fried
gassed
halt
hammered
hamstrung
hard of hearing
harmed
high
hurt
ill
immobile
immobilized
imperfect
in the bag
incapacitated
inebriate
inebriated
injured
intoxicated
juiced
kaput
lacerated
lame
lamed
lit
lit up
loaded
looped
maimed
mangled
marred
maudlin
mute
mutilated
oiled
on the blink
on the fritz
paralyzed
pickled
pie-eyed
plastered
potted
pulverized
quadriplegic
queered
razed
ripped
rocky
ruined
scoured
scourged
shattered
sick
sloshed
smashed
sottish
soused
sozzled
special-needs
spoiled
spoilt
squiffed
squiffy
stewed
stiff
stinking
stoned
strung out
stupefied
tanked
tarnished
three sheets in the wind
three sheets to the wind
tiddly
tight
tipsy
tore down
tormented
tortured
totaled
totalled
under the influence
under the weather
undermined
unfit
unhealthy
unsound
unwell
vitiated
washed out
wasted
weakened
wet
wiped out
wounded
wrecked

Antonyms for impaired

OK
able-bodied
abled
abstemious
abstinent
ameliorated
bettered
bouncing
chipper
clearheaded
cool
cured
doctored
dry
edited
enhanced
enriched
fit
fixed
hale
happy
healed
healthy
hearty
helped
improved
level
meliorated
mended
nondisabled
patched
perfect
perfected
rebuilt
reconditioned
reconstructed
rectified
refined
rehabilitated
remedied
remodeled
renovated
repaired
revamped
revised
robust
sober
sound
steady
straight
strong
teetotal
temperate
unbroken
unimpaired
well
whole
wholesome

Meanings of impaired

verb
1. To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
2. To grow worse; to deteriorate.
noun
1. A criminal charge for driving a vehicle while impaired.
adjective
1. Rendered less effective.
2. Inebriated, drunk.

Example Sentences

His vision was impaired after the accident.
The patient's speech was impaired due to a stroke.
The software was impaired by a bug in the system.
Her ability to drive was impaired after taking the medication.
Long-term exposure to loud noise can lead to impaired hearing.

On this page you'll find 224 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impaired, such as: OK, able-bodied, abled, abstemious, abstinent, ailing, alcoholic.

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