Synonyms and antonyms of To have or develop an illness or symptom in British 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 ill 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 ill with a particular illness

swim (verb)

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

acquire (verb)

to get a disease, illness, or infection

ail (verb)

old-fashioned to make someone ill 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

be on/off the danger list ()

to be very ill in hospital and likely to die/no longer very ill in hospital and not likely to die. The American expression is be on/off the critical list.

be sickening for something ()

to start to become ill

burn out ()

if you burn out, or if you burn yourself out, you make yourself ill 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 ill 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 diarrhoea

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 ill

go down/fall/drop like ninepins ()

used for saying that a lot of people suddenly all become ill or all fail at something

going down/dropping like flies ()

getting ill 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

harbour (verb)

if a person harbours an illness or infection, they have it

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 diarrhoea

incubate (verb)

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

invade (verb)

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

keel over (informal)

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

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 ill

relapse (verb)

to become ill again after you had been getting better

run a temperature/fever ()

to be very hot because you are ill

see double ()

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

sicken (verb)

old-fashioned to become ill

spin (verb)

if your head spins, you feel confused or ill

succumb (verb)

formal to become very ill or to die from a disease

swim (verb)

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

waste away ()

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