Synonyms for chronic
ˈkrɒn ɪkchron·ic

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1. chronicadjective

   Antonyms:
   acute

2. chronicnoun

   A chronic one

   Antonyms:
   acute

3. chronicnoun

   Prolonged or slow to heal. The opposite of acute.

   Antonyms:
   acute

4. chronicadjective

   suffering from such affliction

   Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

5. chronicadjective

   He's a chronic smoker

   Antonyms:
   acute

6. chronicadjective

   That concert was chronic

   Antonyms:
   acute

7. chronicadjective

   They left him in a chronic condition

   Antonyms:
   acute

8. chronicadjective

   That was cool, chronic in fact

   Antonyms:
   acute

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. chronicadjective

   being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering

   "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   acute, unusual, short, subacute

2. chronic, continuingadjective

   of long duration

   "chronic money problems"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   acute, short, subacute, unusual

3. chronic, inveterateadjective

   habitual

   "a chronic smoker"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, continuing

   Antonyms:
   subacute, acute, short, unusual

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1. chronicadjective

   Synonyms:
   inveterate, deep-seated, of long duration

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1. chronicadjective

   Synonyms:
   habitual, lingering, inveterate

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1. List of paraphrases for "chronic":

   chronicle, chronique, chronically, chronicles, chroniques, chronical, column, long-term, recurrent, persistent, perennial, long-standing, glimpse

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1. Raj Dasgupta:

   There are chronic consequences, and there are acute consequences, which is why sleep is more than just saying,' The early bird gets the worm,' it's much more than that.

2. Arya Sharma:

   Obesity management has to be based on the principles or chronic disease management, which means any quick fix... none of that is going to have a long-term impact.

3. Josie Znidarsic:

   I don’t think anybody would argue that fact that we know inflammation in the body, which comes from a lot of different sources, is the basis for a lot of chronic health problems, so by controlling that, we would expect to see increased life expectancy … but if we’re not changing those things and just taking ibuprofen, I don’t know if we’re really going to make any headway in that, i feel like there are probably a lot of factors that we could change without medicating with risk.

4. Charles Hoge:

   The study confirms what we know from several decades of PTSD research and clinical care – that war-zone PTSD can at times have a chronic and even lifelong impact, the most important take-home message for Vietnam veterans is that there are many more treatment options available now than when they returned from Vietnam, and it’s never too late to receive treatment.

5. Jacqueline Moline:

   The third wave is the diseases that take years to manifest. The transformation from acute to chronic to permanent disease. And that's where we really are now.