Need another word that means the same as “impairment”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “impairment” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Impairment” are: deterioration, disability, disablement, handicap, constipation, deadening, stultification, damage, harm
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “impairment” as a noun can have the following definitions:
constipation | A condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened faeces. Literary constipation. |
damage | A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury. The damage to his reputation was considerable. |
deadening | The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine. |
deterioration | Process of changing to an inferior state. A deterioration in the condition of the patient. |
disability | A disadvantage or handicap, especially one imposed or recognized by the law. Differing types of disability. |
disablement | The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness. |
handicap | A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. He plays off a handicap of 10. |
harm | Material damage. I didn t mean to cause him any harm. |
stultification | Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent. |
amnesia | A partial or total loss of memory. They were suffering from amnesia. |
aphasia | Inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage. |
blindly | Without seeing or looking. Don t blindly accept dogma as justification. |
blindness | The state of being blind or lacking sight. The field of vision gradually narrows and blindness can result. |
cataract | A large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice. The river descends in a succession of spectacular cataracts. |
deafness | The condition of lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing. The baby is at risk of being born with profound deafness. |
dementia | Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin. |
disability | A physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities. Differing types of disability. |
disable | Injure permanently. The raiders tried to disable the alarm system. |
dyslexia | A general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence. |
epilepsy | A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain. |
eyesight | A person’s ability to see. Poor eyesight ended his plans for a naval career. |
forgetfulness | Unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember. She teased him for his forgetfulness. |
hamstring | Cripple by cutting the hamstring. He pulled a hamstring. |
handicap | A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. He was born with a significant visual handicap. |
hypnotist | A person who induces hypnosis. An expert clinician and skilled hypnotist. |
illness | A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind. He died after a long illness. |
incapacitate | Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity. He was incapacitated by a heart attack. |
lame | Make a person or animal lame. A lame argument. |
maim | Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation. 100 000 soldiers were killed or maimed. |
migraine | A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. I m getting a migraine. |
numbness | The state of being numb. Tingling and numbness in the left arm. |
oblivion | Destruction or extinction. His name will fade into oblivion. |
palsy | Affect with palsy. Is the calmness of philosophy or the palsy of insensibility to be looked for. |
paralysis | The loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury. A creeping paralysis accompanied by nausea and vomiting. |
psychosis | Any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted. They were suffering from a psychosis. |
schizophrenia | Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact. Gibraltar s schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride. |
senile | Mentally or physically infirm with age. She couldn t cope with her senile husband. |
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