Synonyms and antonyms of Specific types of pain in British Thesaurus

backache (noun)

pain in your back

bellyache (noun)

informal a pain in your stomach

charley horse (noun)

Americaninformal a cramp in your leg or foot

colic (noun)

pain that a baby has in its stomach

cramp (noun)

sudden severe pain in a tired muscle that becomes very tight

cramps (noun)

pains that a woman sometimes gets during her period

crick (noun)

a sudden pain in your neck or back caused when the muscles become stiff

earache (noun)

pain in your ear, usually caused by an infection

electric shock (noun)

a sudden flow of electricity going through your body that causes pain and sometimes death

eye strain (noun)

a pain in your eyes, for example because you have been reading a lot

growing pains (noun)

pains that children and teenagers sometimes get in their arms and legs because they are growing

headache (noun)

a pain in your head

lumbago (noun)

continuous pain in your lower back

period pain (noun)

British pain that a woman sometimes gets during her period. The usual American word is cramps.

pins and needles (noun)

the slightly painful feeling that you get in a part of your body when you move it after it has been in an uncomfortable position for a long time

sciatica (noun)

severe pain in your lower back, or the back of the top of your legs, caused by pressure on a nerve

splitting headache ()

a very bad pain in your head

sting (noun)

the pain that you feel when an insect, animal, or plant stings you, or the mark on your body where this happens

stitch (noun)

a sharp pain in the side of your body that you sometimes feel when you are running

stomach ache (noun)

pain in your stomach

toothache (noun)

a pain in one or more of your teeth

writer’s cramp (noun)

a pain in your hand or arm caused by writing for a long time