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

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

The synonyms of “Invalid” are: shut-in, sick person, case, sufferer, victim, disable, handicap, incapacitate, indispose, hospitalize, put out of action, lay up, cripple, paralyse, put on the sick list

Invalid as a Noun

Definitions of "Invalid" as a noun

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

• A person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.
• Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury.

Synonyms of "Invalid" as a noun (5 Words)

case	A set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case. The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase.
shut-in	Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury.
sick person	People who are sick.
sufferer	A person who experiences or is subjected to something bad or unpleasant. Sufferers of poverty.
victim	A living creature killed as a religious sacrifice. Sacrificial victims for the ritual festivals.

Usage Examples of "Invalid" as a noun

• She spent the rest of her life as an invalid.
• Her invalid husband.

Invalid as a Verb

Definitions of "Invalid" as a verb

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

• Remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness.
• Force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen.
• Injure permanently.
• Disable (someone) by injury or illness.

Synonyms of "Invalid" as a verb (10 Words)

disable	Make unable to perform a certain action. He was disabled in a car accident.
handicap	Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant. Lack of funding has handicapped the development of research.
hospitalize	Admit into a hospital. Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high.
incapacitate	Injure permanently. He was incapacitated by a heart attack.
indispose	Make unwilling. Not to get one s sleep indisposes one for the whole day.
lay up	Put in a horizontal position.
paralyse	Make powerless and unable to function. The regional capital was paralysed by a general strike.
put on the sick list	Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
put out of action	Make an investment.

Usage Examples of "Invalid" as a verb

• An officer invalided by a chest wound.
• He was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry.

Associations of "Invalid" (30 Words)

absurd	An absurd state of affairs. The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd.
antique	Search or shop for antiques. Bookshelves with an antique finish.
dated	Marked with a date. A dated expression.
disqualify	Declare (someone) ineligible for an office, activity, or competition because of an offence or infringement. A heart murmur disqualified him for military service.
expired	Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time. An expired passport.
futilely	In a futile and unproductive manner.
illogical	Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning. An illogical fear of the supernatural.
improper	Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion. Improper medication.
inappropriate	Not suitable or proper in the circumstances. Inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach.
incompetent	An incompetent person. The filming was hopeless incompetent.
incongruent	Incongruous; incompatible.
incongruity	The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate. The incongruity of his fleshy face and skinny body disturbed her.
incongruous	Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness. A joke that was incongruous with polite conversation.
indefensible	Not able to be protected against attack. This behaviour is morally indefensible.
ineffective	Not producing an intended effect. A weak and ineffective president.
ineligible	Not eligible. An ineligible pass receiver.
inexcusable	Too bad to be justified or tolerated. Matt s behaviour was inexcusable.
inoperative	Not working or taking effect. The Act may be rendered inoperative.
irrational	An irrational number or quantity a surd. Irrational fears.
null	Combine a signal with another in order to create a null cancel out. The tumour can be more readily identified by nulling the high signal from bone marrow.
obsolete	Cause a product or idea to become obsolete by replacing it with something new. The phrase was obsolete after 1625.
passe	Out of fashion.
unbecoming	(of behaviour) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly. Language unbecoming to a lady.
unfit	Make unfit or unsuitable. An unfit parent.
unjustifiable	Incapable of being justified or explained. An unjustifiable restriction on their freedom.
unsound	Physically unsound or diseased. An unsound limb.
unsuitable	Not fitting or appropriate. The movie is unsuitable for children.
untenable	(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified. This argument is clearly untenable.
useless	Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully. We tried to pacify him but it was useless.
vain	Having no likelihood of fulfilment; empty. Their flattery made him vain.