Thesaurus:injury

Thesaurus

injury

English

Noun

Sense: injury; wound; local damage to the body

Synonyms

• injury
• wound
• scath
• scathe
• lesion
• dere

Hyponyms

• boo-boo
• needlestick injury
• scrape
• bruise
• ecchymosis
• contusion
• abrasion
• excoriation
• graze
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nick
• scratch
• flesh wound
• cut    [⇒ thesaurus]
• incision
• tear
• whiplash
• laceration

Various

• sore
• blister
• ulcer
• abscess
• boil
• carbuncle
• pimple
• pustule
• bump
• rash
• hit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slap
• punch
• kick

See also

• Thesaurus:defect
• Thesaurus:disease

Further reading

• “659. deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “655. disease” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “619. evil” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “injury” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.