sick
noun
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
people who are sick
they devote their lives to caring for the sick
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
After drinking too much, the students vomited
Types & categories
- excrete hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
ill from the monotony of his suffering
Related & opposite
- unfit also see
- unhealthy also see
- well antonym
- sick derivation
- illness derivation
- stricken similar to
- aguish similar to
- ailing similar to
- airsick similar to
- autistic similar to
- bedfast similar to
- livery similar to
- bronchitic similar to
- consumptive similar to
- convalescent similar to
- delirious similar to
- diabetic similar to
- dizzy similar to
- dyspeptic similar to
- light-headed similar to
- feverous similar to
- funny similar to
- gouty similar to
- green similar to
- laid lowp similar to
- laid upp similar to
- milk-sick similar to
- nauseated similar to
- palsied similar to
- paralyzed similar to
- paraplegic similar to
- rachitic similar to
- scrofulous similar to
- sneezy similar to
- spastic similar to
- tuberculous similar to
- unhealed similar to
- upset similar to
Sense 4 adjective
feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
Related & opposite
- nausea derivation
- queasiness derivation
- sick similar to
Sense 5 adjective
affected with madness or insanity
a man who had gone mad
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
the pale light of a half moon
Related & opposite
Sense 7 adjective
deeply affected by a strong feeling
sat completely still, sick with envy
Related & opposite
- stirred similar to
Sense 8 adjective
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
ghastly wounds
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vomit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crazy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vomiting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | retch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emetic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sick |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vomiter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vomit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | excrete |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unfit |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unhealthy |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | well |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | illness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | stricken |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | aguish |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | ailing |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | airsick |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | autistic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bedfast |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | livery |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bronchitic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | consumptive |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | convalescent |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | delirious |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | diabetic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dizzy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dyspeptic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | light-headed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | feverous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | funny |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | gouty |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | green |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | laid lowp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | laid upp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | milk-sick |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nauseated |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | palsied |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | paralyzed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | paraplegic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rachitic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | scrofulous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sneezy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | spastic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tuberculous |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhealed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | upset |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nausea |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | queasiness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | sick |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sick |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hysteria |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lunacy |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dementia |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | craziness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | insane |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pallidity |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | stirred |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | grimness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | alarming |