Synonyms & related words for malady

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of malady — including illness, sickness, ailment, disease, indisposition, infirmity. 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 malady

Explore words related to malady — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nosologist, dyscrasia, sickliness, pathogenous, incurable, incurability, afflictions, cureless. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for malady

Common synonyms for malady include illness, sickness, ailment, disease, indisposition, infirmity, symptoms, malaise — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does malady come from?

The word malady breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root mal-, from Latin malus (“bad, evil”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.