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