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chronic

chron·ic

chronic

 
 
pronunciation:
kra nihk
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: tending to a certain behavior or illness for a long time or continually.
He's a chronic drinker.She is a chronic sufferer from headaches.
synonyms:
constant, habitual, incessant, inveterate
antonyms:
occasional
similar words:
confirmed, continual, hardened, lifelong
definition 2: recurring often over long periods or happening constantly.
They have chronic shortages of supplies.She suffers from chronic back pain.
synonyms:
persistent, recurrent
antonyms:
one-time, temporary
similar words:
frequent, successive, unmitigated
definition 3: of disease, long in duration. (Cf. acute.)
synonyms:
persistent, prolonged
antonyms:
acute
similar words:
constant, enduring, lasting, lingering, stubborn, unmitigated, unrelieved
Word Combinations  About this feature
(adj.)chronic + noun abuse, addiction, ailment, alcoholic, alcoholism, allergy, antibiotic, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, bowel, bronchitis, care, cirrhosis, compartment, complaint, condition, constipation, cord, cough, deficit, depression, deprivation, diabetes, dialysis, diarrhea, disability, disease, disorder, drinker, dysfunction, ear, effusion, exposure, failure, fatigue, hazard, headache, health, hepatitis, homelessness, hunger, hypertension, illness, impairment, infection, inflammation, injury, insomnia, instability, insufficiency, irritation, kidney, lack, leukemia, liver, lung, malnutrition, media, muscle, nerve, nitrogen, obesity, offender, osteomyelitis, otitis, pain, phase, poisoning, poverty, problem, procrastination, rhinitis, shortage, sinus, sinusitis, sleep, strain, stress, stroke, sufferer, syndrome, tendency, tension, tonsillitis, toxicity, ulcer, unemployment, violence, virus, wound, yeast [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: chronically (adv.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word chronic contains the following part: