Synonyms and antonyms of To have or develop an illness or symptom in American Thesaurus

suffer (verb)

to have a particular illness or physical problem

get (verb)

to start to have an illness or medical condition

contract (verb)

to become infected with a disease

come down with ()

to become sick with a particular disease, usually one that is not serious

develop (verb)

to begin to be affected by a disease or medical condition

catch (verb)

to get a disease or illness

have (verb)

to suffer from an illness, disease, injury, or pain

afflict (verb)

formal if you are afflicted by an illness or serious problem, you suffer from it

go down with ()

to become sick with a particular illness

invade (verb)

to spread to a part of the body and cause damage there

acquire (verb)

to get a disease, illness, or infection

ail (verb)

old-fashioned to make someone sick or unhappy

atrophy (verb)

medical if a part of your body atrophies or is atrophied, it becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it

burn out ()

if you burn out, or if you burn yourself out, you make yourself sick or unable to continue working because you have worked too hard

burn up ()

if someone is burning up, they are very hot, especially because they have a fever

come out in ()

to become covered in spots because you are sick or because your body reacts to a food or medicine

crack up ()

to become mentally ill

dehydrate (verb)

medical to lose water from your body by not drinking enough or by sweating, vomiting, or having diarrhea

fail (verb)

if someone’s health is failing, they are becoming weak and less able to do things

froth (verb)

if a person or animal froths, froth comes from their mouth, especially because they are sick

going down/dropping like flies ()

getting sick or dying in large numbers very quickly

go mad ()

to become mentally ill

hallucinate (verb)

to see or hear something that is not really there, especially because of an illness or the effect of drugs

have a frog in your throat ()

to be unable to speak clearly for a short time because your throat is dry or blocked

have a history of something ()

if you have a history of a medical condition or other problem, you have had it before

have a temperature ()

to have a temperature that is higher than normal, which means that you have a fever

have the shits ()

to have diarrhea

incubate (verb)

medical if you incubate a disease, or if it incubates, it develops inside your body until it becomes noticeable

keel over (informal)

informal if a person keels over, they fall, especially because they unexpectedly feel sick

lose your voice ()

to be unable to speak for a period of time, for example because you have a cold

pick up (informal)

informal to get an illness

present (verb)

medical if a patient presents with particular signs of an illness, they have those signs

puff up ()

to swell because of an injury or illness

rave (verb)

to talk in a crazy way when you are very sick

relapse (verb)

to become sick again after you had been getting better

run a temperature/fever ()

to be very hot because you are sick

see double ()

to have something wrong with your eyes, so that one object looks like two

sicken (verb)

old-fashioned to become sick

spin (verb)

if your head spins, you feel confused or sick

succumb (verb)

formal to become very sick or to die from a disease

swim (verb)

if your head or eyes are swimming, you cannot think or see clearly, usually because you are tired or sick

swim (verb)

if things swim, they appear to be moving, usually because you are tired or sick

waste away ()

to gradually become thinner and weaker over a period of time, usually because of an illness