Synonyms of hypochondriac

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noun

as in complainer

a person who is often or always worried about being ill

My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complainer
• valetudinarian
• crock
• whiner
• malingerer
• worrier
• worrywart
• grouch
• valetudinary
• griper
• fusser
• pessimist
• bellyacher
• defeatist
• handwringer

hypochondriac

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adjective

as in hypochondriacal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hypochondriacal
• disabled
• debilitated
• challenged
• incapacitated
• troubled
• afflicted
• lame
• halt
• diseased
• feeble
• sickly
• infirm
• disordered
• decrepit
• weakly
• fragile
• achy
• weak
• invalid
• feverish
• woozy
• frail
• seasick
• shaky
• dizzy
• squeamish
• nauseous
• airsick
• queasy
• carsick
• light-headed
• nauseated
• queazy
• qualmish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• whole
• well
• sound
• healthful
• hale
• wholesome
• cured
• better
• fit
• able-bodied
• conditioned
• recovering
• improved
• hardy
• strong
• lusty
• tough
• well-conditioned
• stalwart
• hearty
• mending
• convalescing
• rugged
• robust
• flourishing
• thriving
• chipper
• flush
• recuperating
• blooming
• bouncing
• rehabilitated

Examples of hypochondriac in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Read the full Virgo Daily Horoscope Libra (September 23 - October 22) Releasing your inner hypochondriac? —USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024

The hypochondriacs died about five years younger on average than those without hypochondriasis. —Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023

Adjective

Interviews with two of Clemente’s sons as well as his late wife Vera capture a man who was loving, dedicated and just a bit eccentric — a fight almost breaks out between two talking heads over whether or not Clemente was a hypochondriac — in a purely human way. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024

Danny is agoraphobic, socially anxious, obsessive, something of a hypochondriac and nominally a journalist, that most nominal of television professions. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023