Synonyms for valetudinarian
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sickly, infirm, of ailing health; related to ill health.
Example sentences
- invalid From tomorrow this email address will be invalid.
- frail Don't embrace me in such a manner. I'm so frail!
- feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
- sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
- hypochondriac A hypochondriac imagines maladies where none exist.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| valetudinarian | steady | |
| invalid | falling | |
| frail | rising | |
| feeble | steady | |
| sickly | rising | |
| hypochondriac | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- frail1
- 6 letters
- feeble2, weakly2, sickly2, infirm2
- 7 letters
- invalid3
- 12 letters
- valetudinary
- 13 letters
- hypochondriac5
- 15 letters
- hypochondriacal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feeble2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- valétudinaire
- Español
- valetudinario