Chronic Synonyms and Antonyms

krŏnĭk
Of long duration
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. continuing
  2. lingering
  3. persistent
  4. prolonged
  5. protracted
Antonyms:
  1. acute
Subject to a disease or habit for a long time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inveterate
  2. confirmed
  3. habitual
  4. deep-seated
  5. constant
  6. continual
  7. incurable
  8. fixed
  9. continuous
  10. incessant
  11. lasting
  12. persistent
  13. hardened
  14. lingering
  15. stubborn
  16. inbred
  17. intermittent
  18. ingrained
  19. recurring
  20. prolonged
  21. obstinate
  22. settled
  23. rooted
  24. continuing
  25. persisting
  26. uncured
  27. unyielding
  28. tenacious
  29. enduring
  30. deep-rooted
  31. abiding
  32. perennial
  33. perpetual
  34. long-standing
  35. of long duration
  36. long-lived
  37. unabating
  38. protracted
  39. ceaseless
  40. sustained
  41. lifelong
  42. recurrent
  43. habituated
  44. periodic
  45. continued
  46. intense
  47. incorrigible
  48. intractable
  49. unceasing
  50. inborn
  51. irradicable
  52. ever-present
  53. routine
  54. severe
  55. usual
Antonyms:
  1. temporary
  2. intermittent
  3. acute
  4. occasional
  5. casual
  6. eradicable
  7. curable
Familiar through repetition
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. accustomed
  2. habitual
  3. routine

Words Related to Chronic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Chronic Sentence Examples

  • Chronic gastric ulcer is not unfrequently the starting point of cancer.

  • In spite of chronic unpopularity and recurring persecutions they have spread over nearly all Europe.

  • In his case it is that he is a chronic asthmatic.

  • The chief interest of the place centres in its brine springs which are largely impregnated with carbonic acid gas and oxide of iron, and are efficacious in chronic catarrh of the respiratory organs, in liver and stomach disorders and women's diseases.

  • For an account of chronic plumbism see Lead Poisoning.

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