chronic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
chronic indigestion
Related & opposite
- acute antonym
- medicine domain topic
- degenerative similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of long duration
chronic money problems
Related & opposite
- long similar to
Sense 3 adjective
habitual
a chronic smoker
Related & opposite
- usual similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | acute |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | degenerative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | long |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | usual |