sickness
noun
sick·ness ˈsik-nəs 
1
a
: ill health : illness
b
: a disordered, weakened, or unsound condition
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea, queasiness
Synonyms
- illness
- indisposition
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
He died from an unknown sickness. she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
Recent Examples on the Web Delta said its pilots missed 19,985 days due to sickness in May 2022, 45% higher than in May 2019. 
Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022 Simply put, all of our stories end the same, with sickness and death. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Oregon's player is Will Richardson, who is not playing in the tournament due to a non-COVID-19 sickness. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022 These neo-health companies built brand-new tech stacks designed with consumers in mind, engaging them in their health and healthcare, not just in moments of sickness. Andy Chu, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Methanol is sometimes purchased in bulk and added to alcoholic drinks to increase profit, which can cause severe outbreaks of sickness, according to the Methanol Poisoning initiative, launched by Oslo University Hospital and Doctors Without Borders. Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 Methanol is sometimes purchased in bulk and added to alcoholic drinks to increase profit, which can cause severe outbreaks of sickness, according to the Methanol Poisoning initiative, launched by Oslo University Hospital and Doctors Without Borders. Jennifer Hassan And Lesley Wroughton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022 If this Wakanda Forever plot leak is accurate, T’Challa will pass away from some sort of sickness. Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2022 After a night of sickness, Hill made the correct decision to call for medical help, becoming the third contestant of the season to go home. Fred Dreier, Outside Online, 6 July 2022 See More
Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022 Simply put, all of our stories end the same, with sickness and death. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022 Oregon's player is Will Richardson, who is not playing in the tournament due to a non-COVID-19 sickness. Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022 These neo-health companies built brand-new tech stacks designed with consumers in mind, engaging them in their health and healthcare, not just in moments of sickness. Andy Chu, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Methanol is sometimes purchased in bulk and added to alcoholic drinks to increase profit, which can cause severe outbreaks of sickness, according to the Methanol Poisoning initiative, launched by Oslo University Hospital and Doctors Without Borders. Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 Methanol is sometimes purchased in bulk and added to alcoholic drinks to increase profit, which can cause severe outbreaks of sickness, according to the Methanol Poisoning initiative, launched by Oslo University Hospital and Doctors Without Borders. Jennifer Hassan And Lesley Wroughton, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022 If this Wakanda Forever plot leak is accurate, T’Challa will pass away from some sort of sickness. Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2022 After a night of sickness, Hill made the correct decision to call for medical help, becoming the third contestant of the season to go home. Fred Dreier, Outside Online, 6 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing sickness
Kids Definition
sickness
noun
sick·ness ˈsik-nəs
1
: ill health : illness
2
: a specific disease
He came down with an unknown sickness.
3
: nausea sense 1
Medical Definition
sickness
noun
sick·ness ˈsik-nəs
1
: the condition of being ill : ill health
2
: a specific disease
3
: nausea
sickness
noun
1
as in illness
the condition of not being in good health she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- illness
- ailment
- disease
- disorder
- indisposition
- unhealthiness
- dysfunction
- unsoundness
- condition
- trouble
- malady
- weakness
- malaise
- sickliness
- invalidism
- debility
- infirmity
- lameness
- feebleness
- upset
- hypochondria
- decrepitude
- affliction
- invalidity
- disfunction
- sickishness
- frailness
- weakliness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- health
- wellness
- healing
- convalescence
- healthiness
- recovery
- rehabilitation
- soundness
- recuperation
- wholeness
- wholesomeness
- mending
- fitness
- rehab
- strength
- shape
- vitality
- vigor
- comeback
- toughness
- rally
- stamina
- lustiness
- welfare
- hardiness
- heartiness
- fettle
- ruggedness
- snapback
- robustness
- weal
- bloom
- vigorousness
- flush
- flushness
- well-being
2
as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant or animal's normal bodily functioning a sickness that resulted in the death of millions of the nation's elm trees Synonyms & Similar Words
- disease
- illness
- ailment
- ill
- fever
- disorder
- condition
- infection
- malady
- attack
- bug
- infirmity
- distemper
- ail
- plague
- complication
- trouble
- contagion
- complaint
- distemperature
- affection
- contagious disease
- debility
- pestilence
- lameness
- sickliness
- feebleness
- epidemic
- malaise
- unsoundness
- bout
- unhealthiness
- unwellness
- spell
- decrepitude
- weakness
- fit
- contagium
- pip
- frailness
- pest
- matter
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- health
- wellness
- fitness
- soundness
- wholeness
- robustness
- wholesomeness
- healthiness
- shape
- heartiness
- fettle
3
as in nausea
a disturbed condition of the stomach in which one feels like vomiting the sickness that many women feel during the early months of a pregnancy Synonyms & Similar Words
- nausea
- nauseousness
- queerness
- queasiness
- seasickness
- airsickness
- squeamishness
- motion sickness
- mountain sickness
- altitude sickness
- qualm
- car sickness
- morning sickness
- qualmishness
- pepper green
- pepper maggot
- pepper mill
- pepper oil
- pepper plant
- pepper pot
- pepper red
- pepper sauce
- pepper shaker
- pepper spray
- pepper steak
- pepper trash
- pepper turnip
- pepper vine
- pepper weevil
- pepper with
- pepper-and-salt
- pepper-and-salt cat
- pepper-and-salt moth
- pepperbox
- pepperboxes
- pepperbush
- peppercorn
- peppercorn rent
- peppercorns