Disease : synonyms and lexical field

Synonyms > Synonyms beginning with D > Disease

Looking for words with meaning close to 'disease': discover synonyms for the word disease, such as infection or illness.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as disease. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": infection and cancer.


Our list of words and synonyms offered here allows for example to find variants for your content or web page improvements.

Synonyms for disease sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for disease Degree of synonymy of disease Frequency in the language
infection
   6737 8.75  
illness
   6648 7.27  
epidemic
   6625 3.41  
ailment
   6458 0.51  
affliction
   6395 1.18  
cancer
   6380 22.33  
sickness
   6214 7.94  
malady
   6211 0.43  
pathogen
   6207 0.35  
pathology
   6137 1.43  
malaria
   6135 1.67  
illnesses
   6045 0.69  
diagnosis
   6003 4.29  
alzheimer
   5975 1.67  
tuberculosis
   5947 0.63  
infections
   5929 0.92  
epidemiology
   5910 0.14  
cholera
   5896 1.10  
diabetes
   5892 3.25  
aids
   5877 1.06  

Lexical field of "disease"

infection
cancer
infections
illness
tuberculosis
malaria
virus
diabetes
pathogen
illnesses
epidemic
affliction
influenza
meningitis
polio
leprosy
pneumonia
cholera
encephalitis
cjd
fungus
dengue
ailment
outbreak
pathogens
malady
epizootic
pandemic
dementia
diagnosis
hepatitis
syndrome
disorders
flu
disorder
poliomyelitis
arthritis
epidemiological
bacterium
canker
pathogenic
bluetongue
enterovirus
asthma
alzheimer
inflammation
sickness
schizophrenia
varicella
infective