Definition of Invalid

1. Noun. Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury.

Exact synonyms: Shut-in
Group relationships: Homebound
Generic synonyms: Diseased Person, Sick Person, Sufferer

2. Verb. Force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen.
Generic synonyms: Remove

3. Adjective. Having no cogency or legal force. "An invalid driver's license"

4. Verb. Injure permanently. "He was disabled in a car accident"
Exact synonyms: Disable, Handicap, Incapacitate
Generic synonyms: Injure, Wound
Specialized synonyms: Hock
Derivative terms: Disablement, Handicap

5. Adjective. No longer valid. "The license is invalid"
Similar to: Expired

Definition of Invalid

1. a. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

2. n. A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.

3. a. Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.

4. v. t. To make or render invalid or infirm.

Definition of Invalid

1. to disable physically [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Invalid

1. 1. Weak; sick. 2. A person partially or completely disabled. Origin: L. In-neg. + validus, strong (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Invalid

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invaginator
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invalid (current term)
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invalided
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invalidism
invalidism
invalidisms

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