Convalescent Synonyms and Antonyms

känvəlesənt
Improving, recuperating
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. recovering
  2. recuperating
  3. convalescing
  4. improving
  5. discharged
  6. released
  7. ambulatory
  8. getting well
  9. getting-better
  10. out of the hospital
  11. past the crisis
  12. out of emergency care
  13. out of intensive care
  14. getting over something
  15. mending
  16. healing
  17. gaining strength
  18. undergoing rehabilitation
  19. restored
  20. rejuvenated
  21. on-the-mend
Antonyms:
  1. weak
  2. sickly
  3. worsening
  4. failing
  5. regressing
  6. faltering
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. ambulatory patient
  2. one recovering from a sickness
  3. one recovering from an injury
  4. walking case

Words Related to Convalescent

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Convalescent Sentence Examples

  • The patient should continue to take about 100 grains a day for at least a fortnight after he is apparently convalescent, otherwise a recrudescence is very probable.

  • The infirmary convalescents are sent to the convalescent house in Corstorphine.

  • A convalescent home (1872) commemorates the recovery from illness of King Edward VII.

  • He was not dead, but evidently the crisis was over and he was convalescent.

  • Everyday therapy dogs go to work with their owners and trainers to help bring a little sunshine to residents of nursing homes and convalescent centers.

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