Synonyms for disabled
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
handicapped IN, incapacitated, crippled, cripple, maimed, helpless, gimp, indisposed, impotent, lame vulgar dated, invalid dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Made incapable of use or action.
Related words
- Word family
- disabledness
- Phrases
- intellectually disabled disabled sport disabled sports
Example sentences
- crippled Some soldiers returned from war crippled for life.
- cripple But I have nothing left. I am just an old cripple.
- incapacitated Ivan quickly incapacitated all of Walid’s men.
- maimed Sami killed, maimed, and raped women.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disabled | steady | |
| crippled | steady | |
| cripple | steady | |
| incapacitated | steady | |
| maimed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- lame1, gimp
- 6 letters
- maimed1
- 7 letters
- invalid3, cripple2
- 8 letters
- helpless2, crippled2, impotent3
- 10 letters
- indisposed
- 11 letters
- handicapped3
- 13 letters
- incapacitated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (invalid3 = 3 syllables).