What is another word for dementia?
428 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪmˈɛnʃə], [ dɪmˈɛnʃə], [ d_ɪ_m_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə]
Dementia is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide, causing a decline in memory, communication, and cognitive functioning. There are several synonyms for the word "dementia," including cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, memory loss, confusion, forgetfulness, and brain disease. Other terms that are commonly used to describe dementia include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and Huntington's disease. While each of these conditions presents its unique challenges, they all share in common the progressive degeneration of brain function leading to a decline in thinking, problem-solving, and behavior. Understanding the many synonyms for dementia can help individuals and families affected by this condition seek the help and support they need.
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Synonyms for Dementia:
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- sane .
- battiness ,
- brain-sickness ,
- craziness ,
- derangement ,
- feverishness ,
- frenzy ,
- hallucination ,
- hysteria ,
- kookiness ,
- madness ,
- neurosis ,
- nuttiness ,
- psychosis .
Other synonyms:
- Asperger's syndrome ,
- Mentally Handicapped ,
- Munchausen's Syndrome ,
- OCD ,
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ,
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ,
- Tourette's Syndrome ,
- agoraphobia ,
- autism ,
- bipolar disorder ,
- brainsickness ,
- claustrophobia ,
- combat fatigue ,
- hypochondria ,
- insaneness ,
- kleptomania ,
- manic depression ,
- megalomania ,
- melancholia ,
- mental illness ,
- nervous breakdown ,
- persecution complex ,
- personality disorder ,
- psychopathy ,
- schizoid ,
- schizophrenia ,
- shell shock ,
- split personality .
- crack-up .
- disturbance .
Other relevant words:
- a.d. ,
- aberrance ,
- aberrancy ,
- abnormalcy ,
- absurdity ,
- advert ,
- advertisement ,
- advertising ,
- advertizement ,
- advertizing ,
- affray ,
- anserine ,
- ardor ,
- ardour ,
- around the bend ,
- backwardness ,
- balmy ,
- barmy ,
- bats ,
- battle fatigue ,
- batty ,
- beguilement ,
- belated ,
- benumb ,
- betise ,
- blocky ,
- blunt ,
- bonkers ,
- boring ,
- buggy ,
- bunglesome ,
- cacoethes ,
- cephalitis ,
- clinical depression ,
- clumsy ,
- cockeyed ,
- combat neurosis ,
- commotion ,
- compulsion ,
- cracked ,
- crackers ,
- crotchet ,
- cult ,
- cumbersome ,
- curiousness ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dead ,
- deadening ,
- decomposition ,
- dementia ,
- dementia praecox ,
- deplorable ,
- depressive disorder ,
- derange ,
- derisory ,
- deviance ,
- dim ,
- disaffection ,
- dislocation ,
- disruption ,
- distortion ,
- distressing ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- dormant ,
- dotage ,
- dotty ,
- eagerness ,
- economic crisis ,
- elan ,
- embarrassing ,
- encephalitis ,
- equipment failure ,
- erratic ,
- estrangement ,
- fad ,
- fatuity ,
- fatuousness ,
- febricity ,
- febrility ,
- fever ,
- fixation ,
- flakiness ,
- flutter ,
- foolery ,
- foreignness ,
- forwardness ,
- fray ,
- freak out ,
- freakishness ,
- fruity ,
- furore ,
- fury ,
- gayness ,
- giddiness ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- great depression ,
- hang ,
- haywire ,
- head game ,
- heavy ,
- hibernating ,
- ho-hum ,
- homoeroticism ,
- homosexualism ,
- homosexuality ,
- hoo-ha ,
- hoo-hah ,
- hurly burly ,
- hydrophobia ,
- hypochondriasis ,
- hysterical neurosis ,
- idiotic ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-chosen ,
- illness ,
- illusion ,
- imbalance ,
- impassive ,
- impenetrable ,
- impression ,
- imprint ,
- inanity ,
- inapt ,
- incoherency ,
- indulgence ,
- inept ,
- inert ,
- interference ,
- irregularity ,
- jerky ,
- kerfuffle ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- lamentable ,
- late ,
- laughable ,
- leaden ,
- loco ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- low ,
- ludicrous ,
- lyssa ,
- madden ,
- malady ,
- manic depressive illness ,
- manic-depressive psychosis ,
- meandering ,
- mental defectiveness ,
- mental unsoundness ,
- mindlessness ,
- misdirection ,
- mobile ,
- moribund ,
- moronity ,
- muffle ,
- muffled ,
- multiple personality ,
- mute ,
- muted ,
- natural depression ,
- nausea ,
- neuroticism ,
- noise ,
- nomadic ,
- nonsensical ,
- numb ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- obsessional ,
- oddity ,
- optical aberration ,
- overthrow ,
- ownership ,
- pall ,
- partitioning ,
- passion ,
- peregrine ,
- perturbation ,
- pitiful ,
- planetary ,
- pointlessness ,
- posttraumatic stress disorder ,
- preposterous ,
- psychological disorder ,
- psychotic belief ,
- purblind ,
- putrefaction ,
- pyrexia ,
- quirk ,
- quirkiness ,
- rambling ,
- ramp ,
- ravingly ,
- readiness ,
- reasonable ,
- retardation ,
- ridiculous ,
- rot ,
- rotting ,
- round the bend ,
- roving ,
- ruffle ,
- schizophrenic disorder ,
- schizophrenic psychosis ,
- schizotypal personality ,
- second childhood ,
- self-command ,
- self-control ,
- self-possession ,
- self-will ,
- silent ,
- slow ,
- slowness ,
- slump ,
- softened ,
- soggy ,
- sorry ,
- speechless ,
- sticky ,
- storm ,
- stupid ,
- stupidity ,
- sulky ,
- tedious ,
- the absurd ,
- thick ,
- thudding ,
- tiresome ,
- to-do ,
- tomfoolery ,
- tone down ,
- uneasy ,
- unenviable ,
- unfamiliarity ,
- ungainly ,
- unintelligibility ,
- unreason ,
- unstableness ,
- unwellness ,
- unwiseness ,
- upset ,
- vacuity ,
- vagabondage ,
- wacky ,
- wearisome ,
- whacky ,
- will power ,
- willpower ,
- winding .
- Alzheimer's Disease ,
- Demency ,
- Dementation ,
- Dull-witted ,
- Phrensy ,
- Rabidness ,
- UNSOUND MIND ,
- aberration ,
- abnormality ,
- absurd ,
- alcohol amnestic disorder ,
- alcoholic dementia ,
- alienation ,
- amentia ,
- awkward ,
- blockish ,
- brain damage ,
- crass ,
- craze ,
- daft ,
- daftness ,
- dementedness ,
- dense ,
- disorientation ,
- distraction ,
- dull ,
- dumb ,
- folie ,
- folly ,
- foolish ,
- foolishness ,
- furor ,
- idiocy ,
- imbecility ,
- incoherence ,
- irrationality ,
- loss of mind ,
- lycanthropy ,
- manic disorder ,
- mental alienation ,
- mental decay ,
- mental deficiency ,
- mental derangement ,
- mental deterioration ,
- mental disease ,
- mental disorder ,
- mental disturbance ,
- mental retardation ,
- mental sickness ,
- obtuse ,
- oddness ,
- personality change ,
- phrenitis ,
- pixilation ,
- possession ,
- psychoneurosis ,
- queerness ,
- rabies ,
- rage ,
- raving ,
- reasonlessness ,
- senility ,
- senselessness ,
- sick mind ,
- sickness ,
- sluggish ,
- softening of the brain ,
- stagnant ,
- stolid ,
- strangeness ,
- tardy ,
- torpid ,
- unbalance ,
- unbalanced mind ,
- unintelligent ,
- unsoundness ,
- unsoundness of mind ,
- wandering ,
- witlessness ,
- wooden .
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How to use "Dementia" in context?
Dementia is a major health problem in the elderly population. It refers to a group of symptoms that affects memory, thinking, and other abilities. Dementia can quickly lead to full-blown Alzheimer's disease, a serious, life-threatening condition. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to solving the dementia puzzle, as the best approach for every person will vary depending on their specific situation. However, there are some things you can do to help prevent or slow down the progression of the disease. Here are four tips for living with dementia: 1. Seek early care and support.
Paraphrases for Dementia:
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Noun, singular or mass
affection, ailment, illness, neurodegenerative.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Proper noun, singular
insanity.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Dementia:
- dominate, denote, demimonde, donate, dynamite, day in and day out, domed, diamante, dine out, diomedeidae, deaminate, diamond, danaid, dimwit, Detainment, detente, dante, demented, denuded, dead hand, dimity, demand, downwind, dinette, dimmed, dandy, dim-witted, danaidae, dmd, dent, dainty, denudate, dented, done with, dimout, demantoid, dominion day, damned, detent, denominate, detonate, daunted, day in day out, dentate, daunt, donated, dominated, denouement, de-iodinate, de-ionate, doomed, diamonte, denude, deadened, demote, donut, dead-end, demode, dead end, diatomite, dominant, down-and-out, diminuendo, diodontidae, dint.
Word of the Day
thinkingly
- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
