Synonyms & related words for diseased

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of diseased — including morbid, sick, pathological, ill, ailing, cankered. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to diseased

Explore words related to diseased — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include pathologic, distempered, morbific, cankerous, sickly, scrofulous, valetudinary, aguish. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for diseased

Common synonyms for diseased include morbid, sick, pathological, ill, ailing, cankered, unhealthy, infected — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does diseased come from?

The word diseased breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Old French origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -ease, from Old French aise (“ease, comfort”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.