Antonyms for invalid
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : in-vuh-lid; British in-vuh-leed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn və lɪd; British ˈɪn vəˌlid |
Definition of invalid
Origin :- "not strong, infirm," 1640s, from Latin invalidus "not strong, infirm, weak, feeble," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + validus "strong" (see valid). Specific meaning "infirm from sickness, disease, or injury" is from 1640s.
- adj worthless; unfounded
- adj sickly
- noun sick person
- Edward being an invalid, it was now time for him to retire to bed.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mrs. Beaumont, surely you don't think this gentleman an invalid?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I really do hope that Arthur, also, will not be an invalid, poor fellow!
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She was an invalid, he told me, and could not leave her room.
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
- I have said that as far back as I can remember, she was an invalid.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Thomas Erastus sometimes loves to consider himself an invalid.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- It was that of a nurse with an invalid, she frankly ordered me about.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- "I begin to understand matters," rejoined the invalid, musingly.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various
- From that morning forward the invalid took a short walk in the garden every day.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Am I not a child myself, an invalid who needs to be taken care of?
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for invalid
- ailing
- bad
- baseless
- bedridden
- below par
- consumptive
- convalescent
- debilitated
- disabled
- down
- fallacious
- false
- feeble
- frail
- ill
- ill-founded
- illogical
- incurable
- infirm
- inoperative
- irrational
- laid low
- mad
- not binding
- not working
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- on the sick list
- out of action
- patient
- peaked
- poorly
- reasonless
- run-down
- shut-in
- sick
- sophistic
- sufferer
- unreasonable
- unreasoned
- unscientific
- unsound
- untrue
- void
- weak
- wrong
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