SUFFERER

Pronunciation (US):

• SUFFERER (noun)
  The noun SUFFERER has 2 senses:

1. a person suffering from an illness
2. one who suffers for the sake of principle

  Familiarity information: SUFFERER used as a noun is rare.

• SUFFERER (noun)

Meaning:

A person suffering from an illness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

diseased person; sick person; sufferer

Hypernyms ("sufferer" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sufferer"):

lunatic; madman; maniac (an insane person)

manic-depressive (a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness)

monomaniac (a person suffering from monomania)

narcoleptic (a person who has narcolepsy)

neurasthenic (a person suffering a nervous breakdown)

mental case; neurotic; psychoneurotic (a person suffering from neurosis)

patient (a person who requires medical care)

psycho; psychotic; psychotic person (a person afflicted with psychosis)

rheumatic (a person suffering with rheumatism)

syphilitic (a person suffering from syphilis)

valetudinarian (weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health)

lazar; leper (a person afflicted with leprosy)

invalid; shut-in (someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury)

anorectic; anorexic (a person suffering from anorexia nervosa)

bulimic (a person suffering from bulimia)

consumptive; lunger; tubercular (a person with pulmonary tuberculosis)

convalescent (a person who is recovering from illness)

depressive (someone suffering psychological depression)

diabetic (someone who has diabetes)

dyspeptic (a person suffering from indigestion)

epileptic (a person who has epilepsy)

bleeder; haemophile; haemophiliac; hemophile; hemophiliac (someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding)

incurable (a person whose disease is incurable)

insomniac; sleepless person (someone who cannot sleep)

spewer; vomiter (a person who vomits)

Meaning:

One who suffers for the sake of principle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

martyr; sufferer

Hypernyms ("sufferer" is a kind of...):

victim (an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sufferer"):

shaheed (Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers)

Instance hyponyms:

Tindal; Tindale; Tyndale; William Tindal; William Tindale; William Tyndale (English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536))