Synonyms for coma
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
Forms
- Plural
- comas → stupors, unconsciousnesses, sleeps, lethargies…
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Coma is a deep, abnormal sleep, from which the patient can not be aroused, or is aroused only with difficulty, a state of profound insensibility, perhaps with full pulse and deep, stertorous breathing, and is due to brain-oppression.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- sleep Your lack of sleep will catch up with you someday.
- stupor Ziri was so passionate that Rima fell into a stupor.
- unconsciousness I'm not beating you into unconsciousness.
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| coma | rising | |
| sleep | rising | |
| stupor | rising | |
| unconsciousness | rising | |
| lethargy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sleep1
- 6 letters
- stupor2
- 8 letters
- lethargy3
- 12 letters
- comatoseness
- 15 letters
- unconsciousness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stupor2 = 2 syllables).