convalescent

Definition of convalescent

Adjectives

returning to health after illness or debility
"convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"
Synonyms:
recovering
ill, sick
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

Nouns

a person who is recovering from illness
Type of:
diseased person, sick person, sufferer
a person suffering from an illness

Vocabulary Lists for convalescent

Vocab 5000 part #2 »(497 words)
  • beatify
  • beatitude
  • beau
  • becalm
  • beck

Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front »(133 words)
This is a great vocabulary list for All Quiet on the...
  • aberration
  • acrid
  • affable
  • anemic
  • annihilation

Night 2 »(7 words)
  • abominable
  • abyss
  • clout
  • compulsory
  • constraint

Vocabulary Tools

  VocabGrabber Automatically create lists of vocabulary from any text using VocabGrabber.
Try it now!   Spelling Bee Think you are a good speller? Play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee and find out! Click here to start.