Synonyms for phlegm
All synonyms
Noun
1. Sluggishness
sluggishness, lethargy, dullness, languor, indifference, apathy, stoicism, flatness, insensibility, stolidity, impassivity, impassiveness, unemotionality, emotionlessness
Definitions
- n. 1
One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
Related words
- Word family
- phlegmish phlegmy phlegmatic
Forms
- Plural
- phlegms → sluggishnesses, lethargies, dullnesses, languors…
Example sentences
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
- dullness I’ve had enough of life’s dullness.
- mucus The coronavirus increases our mucus production.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| phlegm | rising | |
| lethargy | rising | |
| dullness | steady | |
| sluggishness | falling | |
| languor | rising | |
| mucus | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- mucus2
- 6 letters
- apathy3, sputum2
- 7 letters
- languor
- 8 letters
- calmness2, lethargy3, stoicism4, dullness2, flatness2
- 9 letters
- stolidity
- 11 letters
- impassivity
- 12 letters
- indifference4, sluggishness3
- 13 letters
- insensibility, impassiveness
- 14 letters
- unemotionality
- 15 letters
- emotionlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mucus2 = 2 syllables).