AILMENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AILMENT?

Need another word that means the same as “ailment”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “ailment” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Ailment” are: complaint, ill, illness, disease, disorder, sickness, affliction, malady, infection, upset, condition, infirmity, indisposition, malaise, trouble

Ailment as a Noun

Definitions of "Ailment" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ailment” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An illness, typically a minor one.
• An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.

Synonyms of "Ailment" as a noun (15 Words)

affliction	A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity. Poor people in great affliction.
complaint	An expression of grievance or resentment. I intend to make an official complaint.
condition	The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable s effect by comparison with a control condition. She was in a serious condition.
disease	An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning. We are suffering from the British disease of self deprecation.
disorder	A state of confusion. The doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder.
ill	Evil or harm. How could I wish him ill.
illness	Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. I ve never missed a day s work through illness.
indisposition	A slight illness. His hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition.
infection	The presence of a virus in, or its introduction into, a computer system. A reddening of the skin at the site of infection.
infirmity	The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike.
malady	Any unwholesome or desperate condition. An incurable malady.
malaise	A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify. A society afflicted by a deep cultural malaise.
sickness	The state of being ill. Travel sickness.
trouble	Any of various periods of civil war or unrest in Ireland, especially in 1919–23 and (in Northern Ireland) between 1968 and 1998. There was crowd trouble before and during the match.
upset	The act of upsetting something. He was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed.

Usage Examples of "Ailment" as a noun

• The doctor diagnosed a common stomach ailment.

Associations of "Ailment" (30 Words)

arthritis	Inflammation of a joint or joints.
catching	The act of detecting something catching sight of something. Catching cold is sometimes unavoidable.
consumptive	Relating to the using up of resources. A consumptive patient.
contagious	(of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others. It is a relatively new disease and very contagious.
convalescence	Time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation. I had a long convalescence ahead.
debilitating	Impairing the strength and vitality. Debilitating back pain.
diagnose	Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. She was finally diagnosed as having epilepsy.
disease	A particular quality or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people. We are suffering from the British disease of self deprecation.
disturbed	Having the place or position changed. Disturbed behaviour.
dizzy	Make dizzy or giddy. A sheer dizzy drop.
earache	An ache localized in the middle or inner ear. I ve got earache.
flu	Influenza. She was in bed with flu.
headache	Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs. I ve got a splitting headache.
ill	Presaging ill fortune. Ill omens.
illness	Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. He died after a long illness.
incurable	A person whose disease is incurable. Even when the sick are incurable they are never untreatable.
infirmity	Physical or mental weakness. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike.
malady	Any unwholesome or desperate condition. An incurable malady.
pain	Cause mental or physical pain to. It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school.
pathological	Relating to pathology. A pathological urge to succeed.
pellagra	A deficiency disease caused by a lack of nicotinic acid or its precursor tryptophan in the diet. It is characterized by dermatitis, diarrhoea, and mental disturbance, and is often linked to over-dependence on maize as a staple food.
pestilence	Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. Racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation.
polio	An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
poliomyelitis	An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
rheumatism	Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues.
scurvy	Of the most contemptible kind. The curative effects on scurvy victims.
sickness	The state that precedes vomiting. A woman suffering an incurable sickness.
toothache	Pain in a tooth or teeth. He has a toothache.
tuberculosis	An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.
vomiting	The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.