Condition
Condition noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: a skin condition that prevents me from staying out in the sun for very long
Illness is a synonym for condition in disorder topic. In some cases you can use "Illness" instead a noun "Condition".
Illness
Illness noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: suffered from a mysterious illness that left her weak and tired all the time
Nearby Word: ill
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- weakness and condition
- weakness and illness
- malady and condition
- malady and illness
- disorder and condition
- disorder and illness
- ailment and condition
- ailment and illness
- complaint and condition
- complaint and illness
- disease and condition
- disease and illness
- indisposition and condition
- indisposition and illness
How words are described
| physical | physical condition | physical illness |
| rare | rare condition | rare illness |
| similar | similar condition | similar illness |
| normal | normal condition | normal illness |
| Other adjectives: specific, certain, actual, real, severe, serious, terrible, horrible, mental, fatal, mysterious, incurable, unknown, strange, chronic, unspecified, worsening, debilitating, life-threatening, genetic, neurological, degenerative. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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A variation is where a previously known condition or illness worsens unexpectedly to a point where the character is no longer fit for his/her career.
Source: Career-Ending Injury -
Ill Boy: Jacko's illness sends him into a defensive coma, where his condition continues to deteriorate with astonishing rapidity.
Source: Literature / The Changeover - Kamei Eri had decided to quit Morning Musume due to a long term illness, though it's not a life threatening condition.
Source: Ill Girl / Music
Cite this Source
Illness and Condition. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/condition/illness
Condition & Illness. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/condition/illness>.
Illness or Condition. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/condition/illness.
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