Chronic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of long duration; continuing: chronic money problems.
  • adj. Lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases: chronic colitis.
  • adj. Subject to a habit or pattern of behavior for a long time: a chronic liar.
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  • adj. Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
  • adj. Prolonged or slow to heal.
  • adj. Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
  • adj. Inveterate or habitual.
  • adj. Very bad, awful.
  • adj. Extremely serious.
  • adj. Good, great, as in "wicked"
  • n. A chronic one
  • n. Marijuana, typically of high quality.
  • n. A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Relating to time; according to time.
  • adj. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or relating to time; having reference to time. Specifically
  • Continuing a long time; inveterate or of long continuance, as a disease; hence, mild as to intensity and slow as to progress: in pathology, opposed to acute.
  • Also, rarely, chronical.
  • n. A chronicle.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of long duration
  • adj. habitual
  • adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
    • Equivalent
    long    usual    degenerative   
    Antonym
    acute   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lingering    habitual    inveterate    confirmed    seated   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ionic    Masonic    Miltonic    Napoleonic    Panasonic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acute    severe    respiratory    incurable    mental   
     
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