nausea

The word “nausea” has 2 syllables: nau-sea

It's pronounced as /ˈnɔːziə/


What is synonym and antonym for nausea?

In the thesaurus, “nausea” has 44 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for nausea

  • abhorrence
  • abomination
  • airsickness
  • allergy
  • altitude sickness
  • antipathy
  • averseness
  • aversion
  • biliousness
  • car sickness
  • detestation
  • disapproval
  • disfavor
  • disgust
  • disinclination
  • dislike
  • disliking
  • displeasure
  • distaste
  • execration
  • hate
  • hatred
  • horror
  • loathing
  • mal de mer
  • morning sickness
  • motion sickness
  • mountain sickness
  • nauseousness
  • odium
  • qualm
  • qualmishness
  • qualms
  • queasiness
  • queerness
  • regurgitation
  • repugnance
  • repulsion
  • retching
  • revulsion
  • seasickness
  • sickness
  • squeamishness
  • vomiting

Antonyms for nausea

  • appetite
  • bent
  • fancy
  • favor
  • fondness
  • like
  • liking
  • love
  • partiality
  • penchant
  • predilection
  • preference
  • propensity
  • relish
  • shine
  • taste
  • use

Meanings of nausea

  • noun
    1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
    2. Strong dislike or disgust.
    3. Motion sickness.

Example Sentences

  • The roller coaster ride left her feeling nausea as she stepped off the platform.
  • He experienced waves of nausea after eating the spoiled food.
  • The medication caused him to develop nausea as a side effect.
  • The strong smell of the seafood market triggered her nausea instantly.
  • Despite her nausea, she forced herself to eat something to settle her stomach.

On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nausea, such as: abhorrence, abomination, airsickness, allergy, altitude sickness, antipathy, appetite.

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

Related Words

qualmishness

nauseousness

queasiness

  • abhorrence
  • affection
  • affliction
  • agitation
  • ailment
  • airsickness
  • alarm
  • altitude sickness
  • angst
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • aversion
  • biliousness
  • bother
  • bug
  • car sickness
  • complaint
  • compunction
  • condition
  • constraint
  • daintiness
  • defeat
  • delicacy
  • destruction
  • detestation
  • disbelief
  • discomfort
  • discontent
  • disease
  • diseasedness
  • disgust
  • disorder
  • displeasure
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • distaste
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • dizziness
  • doubt
  • dread
  • dyspathy
  • dysphoria
  • embarrassment
  • fastidiousness
  • fear
  • finicalness
  • finickiness
  • free-for-all
  • fussiness
  • goulash
  • hassle
  • ill
  • ill health
  • illness
  • indisposition
  • infirmity
  • inquietude
  • instability
  • loathing
  • mal de mer
  • malady
  • malaise
  • misgiving
  • morning sickness
  • motion sickness
  • mountain sickness
  • nausea
  • nauseousness
  • nervousness
  • odium
  • overthrow
  • penitence
  • perturbation
  • qualm
  • qualmishness
  • qualms
  • queerness
  • regurgitation
  • remorse
  • repugnance
  • repulsion
  • restlessness
  • retching
  • reverse
  • reversion
  • revulsion
  • screwup
  • scruple
  • seasickness
  • shake-up
  • shock
  • sickness
  • squeamishness
  • stew
  • subversion
  • surprise
  • syndrome
  • tizzy
  • travel sickness
  • trouble
  • turmoil
  • uncertainty
  • unhealth
  • unhealthfulness
  • unrest
  • unwellness
  • vomiting
  • wooziness
  • worry

queerness

  • aberration
  • abnormality
  • affectation
  • air
  • airsickness
  • altitude sickness
  • anomaly
  • attribute
  • bizarreness
  • caprice
  • capriciousness
  • car sickness
  • character
  • characteristic
  • conversation piece
  • curiosity
  • distinctiveness
  • eccentricity
  • extraordinariness
  • feature
  • foible
  • freak
  • freakishness
  • gimmick
  • habit
  • hereticism
  • idiocrasy
  • idiosyncrasy
  • incongruity
  • irregularity
  • kink
  • mannerism
  • mark
  • morning sickness
  • motion sickness
  • mountain sickness
  • nausea
  • nauseousness
  • nonconformity
  • odd trait
  • oddity
  • oddness
  • outlandishness
  • particularity
  • peculiarity
  • phenomenon
  • pose
  • pretension
  • property
  • quality
  • qualm
  • qualmishness
  • queasiness
  • quirk
  • quirkiness
  • rarity
  • savor
  • schtick
  • seasickness
  • sickness
  • singularity
  • slant
  • specialty
  • squeamishness
  • strangeness
  • trait
  • trick
  • twist
  • unconventionality
  • unnaturalness
  • unorthodoxness
  • unusualness
  • waywardness
  • weirdness
  • whimsicality
  • whimsicalness

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