Synonyms for impairment
Most common
injury damage harm prejudice disability handicap constipation
Definitions
- n. 1
The result of being impaired.
- n. 2
A deterioration or weakening.
- n. 3
A disability or handicap.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- impairments → injuries, damages, harms, prejudices…
Example sentences
- damage The explosion did a lot of damage to the building.
- injury An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
- harm This kind of magazine can do harm to young people.
- disability Fadil used Layla's disability to make her suffer.
- handicap She seems to be laboring under the family handicap.
- constipation Figs are recommended for constipation conditions.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impairment | rising | |
| damage | steady | |
| injury | steady | |
| harm | rising | |
| disability | steady | |
| handicap | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- harm1
- 6 letters
- damage2, injury3
- 8 letters
- handicap3, mischief2
- 9 letters
- prejudice3, detriment3, deadening3, vitiation
- 10 letters
- disability5
- 11 letters
- disablement
- 12 letters
- disadvantage4, constipation4
- 13 letters
- deterioration6
- 14 letters
- stultification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (damage2 = 2 syllables).