Synonyms: consumptive, tubercular, lunger
Definition: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
Similar words: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Definition: a person suffering from an illness
Synonyms: consumptive
Definition: tending to consume or use often wastefully
Usage: water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses; duties consumptive of time and energy; consumptive fires
Similar words: exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive
Definition: tending to exploit or make use of
Synonyms: consumptive
Definition: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
Usage: a consumptive patient; a consumptive cough
Definition: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Usage: ill from the monotony of his suffering