| Main Entry: | illness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disease; bad health |
Synonyms: |
affliction, ailing, ailment, attack, breakdown, bug*, collapse, complaint, confinement, convalescence, disability, diseasedness, disorder, disturbance, dose, failing health, fit, flu, ill health, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malaise, poor health, prostration, relapse, seizure, sickness, syndrome, unhealth, virus, what's going around |
| Notes: | illness means sickness or poor health, while a disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
Antonyms: |
good health, health, well-being, wellness |
| Main Entry: | helplessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disability |
Synonyms: |
convalescence, disorder, poor health, weakness |
| Main Entry: | recovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the process of regaining health |
Synonyms: |
betterment, comeback, convalescence, cure, healing, improvement, reawakening, rebirth, recuperation, regeneration, rehabilitation, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revival, revivification |
| Main Entry: | recovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement |
Synonyms: |
comeback, convalescence, cure, gain, rebound, recuperation, regaining, restoration, retrieval, revival, upturn |
Antonyms: |
deterioration, relapse |
| Main Entry: | recuperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recovery |
Synonyms: |
betterment, comeback*, convalescence, cure, healing, improvement, rally, reawakening, rebirth, regeneration, rehabilitation, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revival, revivification |
| Main Entry: | repossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recovery |
Synonyms: |
betterment, comeback*, convalescence, cure, healing, improvement, reawakening, rebirth, recoup, recuperation, regeneration, rehabilitation, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, retrieval, revival, revivification |
| Main Entry: | retrieval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recovery |
Synonyms: |
betterment, comeback*, convalescence, cure, healing, improvement, reawakening, rebirth, recoup, recuperation, regeneration, rehabilitation, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, repossession, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revival, revivification |