Synonyms for invalid

Synonyms for (noun) invalid

Synonyms: invalid, shut-in

Definition: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury

Similar words: sick person, diseased person, sufferer

Definition: a person suffering from an illness


Synonyms for (verb) invalid

Synonyms: handicap, incapacitate, disable, invalid

Definition: injure permanently

Usage: He was disabled in a car accident

Similar words: wound, injure

Definition: cause injuries or bodily harm to


Synonyms: invalid

Definition: force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen

Similar words: remove

Definition: remove from a position or an office


Synonyms for (adj) invalid

Synonyms: invalid

Definition: no longer valid

Usage: the license is invalid

Similar words: expired

Definition: having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time

Usage: an expired passport; caught driving with an expired license


Synonyms: invalid

Definition: having no cogency or legal force

Usage: invalid reasoning; an invalid driver's license

Similar words: bad, uncollectible

Definition: not capable of being collected

Usage: a bad (or uncollectible) debt


Similar words: unsound, fallacious

Definition: containing or based on a fallacy

Usage: fallacious reasoning; an unsound argument


Similar words: false

Definition: erroneous and usually accidental

Usage: a false start; a false alarm


Similar words: invalidated, nullified

Definition: deprived of legal force


Similar words: null, void

Definition: lacking any legal or binding force

Usage: null and void


Similar words: sophistic, sophistical

Definition: plausible but misleading


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