paralysis

The word “paralysis” has 4 syllables: pa-ral-y-sis

It's pronounced as /pəˈræl.ɪ.sɪs/


What is synonym and antonym for paralysis?

In the thesaurus, “paralysis” has 75 synonyms and 24 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for paralysis

  • anesthesia
  • apathy
  • bad times
  • bankruptcy
  • bear market
  • big trouble
  • bust
  • cerebral palsy
  • crash
  • crisis
  • deadness
  • debilitation
  • debility
  • decrepitude
  • deflation
  • diplegia
  • disability
  • dislocation
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drowsiness
  • dullness
  • enfeeblement
  • failure
  • feebleness
  • frailness
  • frailty
  • hard times
  • hemiplegia
  • idleness
  • immobility
  • immobilization
  • impairment
  • inactivity
  • indolence
  • infirmity
  • inflation
  • insensibility
  • insensitivity
  • lameness
  • languor
  • lassitude
  • laziness
  • lethargy
  • listlessness
  • multiple sclerosis
  • oscitancy
  • overproduction
  • palsy
  • panic
  • paraplegia
  • paresis
  • passivity
  • poliomyelitis
  • quadriplegia
  • rainy days
  • recession
  • retrenchment
  • sag
  • slide
  • sloth
  • slowness
  • sluggishness
  • slump
  • spastic paralysis
  • stagflation
  • stagnation
  • stillness
  • stupefaction
  • stupor
  • torpidity
  • torpor
  • unemployment
  • unresponsiveness
  • weakness

Antonyms for paralysis

  • action
  • activity
  • animation
  • bulge
  • busyness
  • calm
  • cheerfulness
  • convexity
  • encouragement
  • happiness
  • hope
  • hopefulness
  • increase
  • life
  • liveliness
  • mobility
  • motility
  • moving
  • protuberance
  • recovery
  • rise
  • sensation
  • success
  • surge

Meanings of paralysis

  • noun
    1. The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.
    2. A state of being unable to act.

Example Sentences

  • The doctor explained that paralysis can result from nerve damage or injury.
  • After the accident, she experienced temporary paralysis in her left leg.
  • Paralysis can affect mobility and require extensive rehabilitation.
  • The research focused on understanding the underlying causes of paralysis.
  • In extreme cases, paralysis can lead to loss of sensation and function in affected areas.

On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to paralysis, such as: action, activity, anesthesia, animation, apathy, bad times, bankruptcy.

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

Related Words

daze

  • addle
  • amaze
  • astonish
  • astound
  • bang
  • bash
  • batter
  • beat
  • bedazzle
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • befuddlement
  • belt
  • benumb
  • bewilder
  • bewilderment
  • blind
  • bludgeon
  • blur
  • bonk
  • bop
  • bowl over
  • buffet
  • bung
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  • clobber
  • clock
  • cloudiness
  • clout
  • confound
  • confuse
  • cuff
  • dazedness
  • dazzle
  • deaden
  • delirium
  • disorder
  • distract
  • distraction
  • dizzy
  • drub
  • dumbfound
  • flabbergast
  • fog
  • fogginess
  • fuddle
  • gauze
  • glaze
  • hammer
  • haze
  • hit
  • knock down
  • knock for a loop
  • knock out
  • knock silly
  • lala-land
  • malaise
  • mangle
  • maul
  • maze
  • mix up
  • muddle
  • muddledness
  • mystify
  • nadaville
  • narcosis
  • numb
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • paralysis
  • paralyze
  • paste
  • pelt
  • perplex
  • perplexity
  • petrify
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punch
  • puzzle
  • puzzlement
  • rap
  • reverie
  • rock
  • shock
  • slam
  • slap
  • slug
  • smack
  • smite
  • sock
  • spin
  • stagger
  • startle
  • strike
  • stun
  • stupefaction
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  • stupor
  • surprise
  • swat
  • swoon
  • thump
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  • trance
  • wallop
  • whack
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dazedness

  • befuddlement
  • bewilderment
  • cloudiness
  • daze
  • delirium
  • fog
  • fogginess
  • haze
  • malaise
  • muddle
  • paralysis
  • perplexity
  • puzzlement
  • reverie
  • spin
  • stupor
  • swoon
  • trance

deadness

  • apathy
  • banality
  • boredom
  • dead
  • death
  • doldrums
  • drabness
  • dreariness
  • drowsiness
  • dullness
  • ennui
  • formication
  • grave
  • idleness
  • immobility
  • immobilization
  • inactivity
  • indolence
  • irksomeness
  • lack of interest
  • languor
  • lassitude
  • laziness
  • lethargy
  • lifelessness
  • listlessness
  • mortality
  • nothingness
  • numbness
  • oscitancy
  • paraesthesia
  • paralysis
  • paresthesia
  • passivity
  • prickling
  • routine
  • sameness
  • sensation
  • sleep
  • sloth
  • sluggishness
  • stillness
  • stupor
  • tediousness
  • tingle
  • tingling
  • tiresomeness
  • torpidity
  • torpor
  • unresponsiveness
  • wearisomeness
  • yawn

immobility

  • adherence
  • apathy
  • aplomb
  • assurance
  • backbone
  • balance
  • cessation
  • cohesion
  • constancy
  • deadness
  • dependability
  • determination
  • discontinuance
  • drowsiness
  • dullness
  • durability
  • ending
  • endurance
  • establishment
  • expiration
  • fastness
  • finish
  • firmness
  • halt
  • hardness
  • idleness
  • immobilization
  • immovability
  • inactivity
  • indolence
  • inertia
  • inertness
  • languor
  • lapse
  • lassitude
  • laziness
  • lethargy
  • listlessness
  • maturity
  • motionlessness
  • oscitancy
  • paralysis
  • passivity
  • pause
  • permanence
  • perseverance
  • resoluteness
  • security
  • shutdown
  • shutoff
  • sloth
  • sluggishness
  • solidity
  • solidness
  • soundness
  • stableness
  • steadfastness
  • steadiness
  • stillness
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • strength
  • stupor
  • sturdiness
  • substantiality
  • support
  • surcease
  • sureness
  • termination
  • torpidity
  • torpor
  • toughness
  • unresponsiveness

lameness


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